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A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

Modern museum, designed for Jihadi tourists.

The largest hewn stone in history.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

A three-table eatery sits inside the home-kitchen of a seafood virtuoso in Bangkok's Chinatown.

This Khmer-era temple includes a lintel that was stolen and displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago for years before returning to Thailand.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.

This sensational silver temple is the product of centuries of metalworking.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

This bridge made famous in a novel and on-screen wasn't actually built over the river Kwai.

This statue took 60 years to complete.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

Visit a century-old sweet shop serving gold-standard mango sticky rice.

Isaan street food staples are in spectacular form at this no-frills institution.

Bangkok’s most beloved fried chicken spot lets its garlic-burrowed birds do the talking.

Time-travel through Thai cuisine drawn from vintage cookbooks and little-known ingredients.

The porky tom yum soup at this Sukhumvit Road institution has a cult following.

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

At the right time of day, sunlight floods through the roof of this cave and illuminates the small pavilion hidden within.

Dine on southern Thai “fusion” cuisine in a home-based, second-generation restaurant.

Wake up early for 'trader's rice,' a highly regional Thai-Muslim specialty.

This statue of the famed saint is missing his right hand, a rare depiction of his posthumous amputation.