Artworks by loners, prisoners and the criminally insane.

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

Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.

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

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

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

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

Peek into the world of those creating the beautiful, delicate paper parasols found all over the globe.

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.

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

Walk through depictions of the torture inflicted on those who go to Buddhist hell.

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

On stormy days debris from this unfinished and abandoned skyscraper rains down on the Bangkok streets.

A treasure trove of pathological, forensic, parasitological, and anatomical specimens.

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

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

Derelict airplane bodies serve as both home and income for three Thai families.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

Become a prohibition rebel.

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.