Places oneoftheniners21 Wants to Go

A forest of phallic offerings found in a quiet corner of a hotel car park.

Dig into rustic southern Thai island dishes at this decades-old beach shack.

This old-timey Chinatown institution specializes in one of the city’s best Thai-Chinese fusion dishes.

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

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

A local Thai artist started building this gallery in 1980.

This neon-lit back-alley spot deals in good vibes and curries that pack a punch.

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

An eclectic Buddhist temple packed with pop-culture icons.

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

A sculpture garden built by a retired durian farmer.

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

One of Ayutthaya’s most iconic locations is a mysterious, hauntingly surreal miracle.

This statue took 60 years to complete.

Riding on a pair of architectural dragons, this Thailand temple holds murals full of lurid imagery.

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

This elegant carving of the Buddha guards a small Buddhist temple within a cave.

A phallic shrine to a princess goddess in Krabi, Thailand.

An immersive exhibition that meditates on death and life.

Cities of the world and famous Thai monuments in minature.

A small museum in the Golden Triangle tells the story of the opium drug trade that gripped Northern Thailand.

On the small Thai island of Ko Mak, there is a forgotten garden of erotic statuary.

A dazzling temple featuring a towering 12-meter golden Buddha.

Gruesome statues of people reborn in Buddhist hell stand among the ruins of an 11th-century sanctuary.