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.

You can walk up Thailand’s naturally non-slip waterfall.

This museum has a most unusual location: inside a giant, three-headed elephant.

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

Eat like a bird in a bamboo nest.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

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

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

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

The bank's whimsical shape was inspired by a child’s toy.

This Bangkok high-rise looks like a rudimentary LEGO elephant.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

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

At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.

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

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

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

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

Abandoned mini-mansions that were once intended for affluent Bangkok families now sit empty.

This 7th-century monastery was sacked by Saladin.

Giant pigeon houses packed into city streets in Egypt.

A hyper-remote desert cave dramatized in "The English Patient."