Places stenaavel Wants to Go

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

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

A sculpture garden built by a retired durian farmer.

An amalgam of precariously balanced boulders, ancient petroglyphs, and Buddhist shrines.

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

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

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

This Khmer-era temple includes a lintel that was stolen and displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago for years before returning to Thailand.

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

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

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

A forsaken beachfront condo abandoned after the Boxing Day Tsunami.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A mile-long navigable cave adorned with stalactites and stalagmites reaching up to 65 feet tall.

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

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

Grotesque statues of figures from Buddhist hell haunt the temple's Sin Park.

The skeletons, demons, and corpses serve as a warning of the terrors of Buddhist Hell.

Temple of a million beers.