Places mossenmoons Wants to Go

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

Self-mummified monk who wears sunglasses and has become a gecko hatchery.

Bizarre Hindu and Buddhist sculpture park.

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

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

Thousands of bats stream out of caves every night on the edge on Thailand's second largest park.

Abandoned mini-mansions that were once intended for affluent Bangkok families now sit empty.

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

The cursed island of black pebbles.

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

A collection of venomous snakes and reptiles for the whole family to enjoy.

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

Bizarre dirt trail winds a narrow path above the tree line.

The golden Buddha statue at the Wat Muang Monastery is the tallest in Thailand, and the ninth-tallest in the world.

The long underground cave's curiously shaped stalagmites have inspired many legends.

A Buddhist shrine in a cave protected by macaques next to dark passages lined with creepy paintings.

Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.

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

During the rainy season, this temple is almost entirely submerged, accessible only by boat.

Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.

From dragonfruit to mangoes to durian this Thailand resort allows guests to stay inside all manner of giant fruit.

A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.

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

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