Eat like a bird in a bamboo nest.

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

The cursed island of black pebbles.

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

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

A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.

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

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

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

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

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

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

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

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

A popular Icelandic children's story comes to life inside this cave.

The final resting place of the controversial chess champion.

A replica of the decorated wooden pillars Viking sailors threw overboard when finding new places to establish a settlement.

A fantastic reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking longhouse.

At this museum in Iceland, visitors can sample fermented Greenland shark.

A world-class theater sits hidden in this remote town in West Iceland.

A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.