Places stenaavel Wants to Go

Bizarre Hindu and Buddhist sculpture park.

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

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.

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

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

This extensive collection of dead bugs may be the world's most idiosyncratic and personal insect museum.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.

A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.

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.

Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.

Vintage furniture and art share space with all manner of collectibles at this quirky shop in Bangkok.