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An early 1900s temple features unique architecture and murals.

Get lost in the fantasy underworld of Thai serpents where wishes are granted

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark designs bring a Thai temple to life once the sun has set.

These palatial ruins said to be inspired by Cambodia's Angkor Wat have been turned into a significant religious temple.

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

The site of a Japanese traders’ settlement that once thrived in Ayutthaya, if for less than a century.

Make a beeline to this rural outpost for one of Thailand’s rarest desserts.

For more than 30 years, this stalwart has been one of the few restaurants in Bangkok specializing in northern Thai cuisine.

A unique Buddhist temple with strange statues, beehives, and dinosaurs.

In a strip mall parking lot, an airplane with a cafe inside, flanked by a giant statue of Fred Flintstone.

Feast on coconut crab curry at one of Thailand’s only outposts of Baba cuisine.

Limestone outcrop decorated with a large laser engraving of the Buddha.

Sidle up for this Chinatown watering hole for Thai moonshine accompanied by traditional live tunes.

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

An eclectic Buddhist temple packed with pop-culture icons.

"Bangkok's Green Lung," a large park on an island, feels worlds away from traffic-choked Sukhumvit Road.

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

While it might look like an ordinary chain, this is the shop that turned Thai iced tea into a global phenomenon.

Bangkok's take on the High Line is a park on a traffic bridge above the iconic Chao Phraya River.

A sculpture garden built by a retired durian farmer.

Thailand's country villages continue the tradition of gong-making, and invite visitors to watch the process.

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

This ambiguous pig shrine is actually a monument to a beloved queen.

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