Places pleiades Wants to Go

Crunchy, fragrant, and complex, Hat Yai-style fried chicken is renowned throughout Thailand—here’s where to get it in its origin city.

Tackle southern Thailand’s favorite dish at this hyper-casual Phuket Town restaurant.

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

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

An immersive exhibition that meditates on death and life.

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

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

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

This statue took 60 years to complete.

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

The Thai Army has dug deep trenches along the Thai/Myanmar border to prevent drug smuggling.

A sculpture garden built by a retired durian farmer.

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

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

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

An enormous Buddha peers through a gap in its ruined chamber.

In Phetchaburi, Thailand, a roadside vendor cooks his fare with 1,000 mirrors and the power of the sun.

All of Thailand's architectural landmarks, plus some made up ones, all viewable via two-seater bicycle.

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

Cities of the world and famous Thai monuments in minature.

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

On a river island north of Bangkok, a small bar helped lead a home-brewing rebellion.

This mountain sunrise is one of the most breathtaking views in Thailand, yet well off the tourist trail.

Its tremendous toad is actually a five-story museum and viewing platform.