Places liesc Wants to Go

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Cavemen, elephants, and eagles greet passengers driving through the town's main intersection.

You'll never meet anyone this passionate about elephant droppings.

Founded during the Ayutthaya era, this unique Buddhist temple remains shipshape to this day.

The pillars inside this small, ornate shrine hold Bangkok's horoscope within them.

This enormous gold Buddha statue was hidden inside a stucco decoy for centuries.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

This serene bamboo walkway allows Buddhist monks from remote temples access to the nearby village.

Acres of salt crystal pyramids dry in the sun along Thailand's "salt road."

A meditative walk up 353 stairs leads to a majestic white Buddha overlooking Pai.

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

An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.

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

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

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

This museum has a most unusual location: inside a giant, three-headed elephant.

You can walk up Thailand’s naturally non-slip waterfall.

A colorful kitschy temple and floating market off the beaten path.

Buddha shrines hide within dark tunnels at this unique forest temple.

Surat Thani's official flower—and the world's largest—smells of rotting meat.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

Peek into the world of those creating the beautiful, delicate paper parasols found all over the globe.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.