Eat like a bird in a bamboo nest.

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

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

Bizarre Hindu and Buddhist sculpture park.

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

The cursed island of black pebbles.

At the right time of day, sunlight floods through the roof of this cave and illuminates the small pavilion hidden within.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

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.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.

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.

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

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

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

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

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.