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Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

Thailand museum of bottles of all shapes and sizes filled with intricate and beautiful art.

This floating cinema brings new meaning to the phrase "going out" to the movies.

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

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

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

An underwater temple submerged for 20 years has resurfaced with an extreme drought.

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

Cities of the world and famous Thai monuments in minature.

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

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

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

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

Acres of salt crystal pyramids dry in the sun along Thailand's "salt road."

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

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

Bizarre Hindu and Buddhist sculpture park.

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

Temple of a million beers.

An on-site urban farm and fish pond supply some of the produce for this upscale restaurant.

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.

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