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Pai, Thailand

White Buddha Temple

A meditative walk up 353 stairs leads to a majestic white Buddha overlooking Pai.
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Sop Ruak, Thailand

House of Opium

A small museum in the Golden Triangle tells the story of the opium drug trade that gripped Northern Thailand.
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Khlong Wan, Thailand

Phone Booth Graveyard

This small patch of land is the final resting for these communication relics of the past.
Added by MrOlsson
Ko Samui, Thailand

Wat Phra Yai (Big Buddha Temple)

A dazzling temple featuring a towering 12-meter golden Buddha.
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Tambon Sa Kamphaeng Yai, Thailand

Wat Sa Kamphaeng Yai Hell Garden

Gruesome statues of people reborn in Buddhist hell stand among the ruins of an 11th-century sanctuary.
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Ko Kut, Thailand

The Kingdom of Somchai’s Affection

On the small Thai island of Ko Mak, there is a forgotten garden of erotic statuary.
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Tambon Tham Lot, Thailand

Tham Lod Cave

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

Samut Songkhram Salt Farms

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

Boon Ko Ku So Bridge

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

Erawan Shrine

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.
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Nai Mueang, Thailand

Phaya Thaen Public Park

Its tremendous toad is actually a five-story museum and viewing platform.
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Tambon Tham Nam Phut, Thailand

Wat Tham Ta Pan

Grotesque statues of figures from Buddhist hell haunt the temple's Sin Park.
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Bangkok, Thailand

Wat Arun

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.
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Tambon Pa Fa, Thailand

Wat Pa Thewapithak

The skeletons, demons, and corpses serve as a warning of the terrors of Buddhist Hell.
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Tambon Phra Prathom Chedi, Thailand

The Abandoned Bangkok Mansions

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

Wat Umong

Buddha shrines hide within dark tunnels at this unique forest temple.
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Ko Samui, Thailand

Mummy of Luang Pho Dang

Self-mummified monk who wears sunglasses and has become a gecko hatchery.
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Khlong Sok, Thailand

Rafflesia

Surat Thani's official flower—and the world's largest—smells of rotting meat.
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Tambon Wat That, Thailand

Sala Keoku

Bizarre Hindu and Buddhist sculpture park.
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Si, Thailand

Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew

Temple of a million beers.
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Hin Tung, Thailand

Bat Caves of Khao Yai National Park

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

The World Museum of Insects and Natural Wonders

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

Ko Hin-Ngam

The cursed island of black pebbles.
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Tambon Pong Ngam, Thailand

Wat Tham Pla

A Buddhist shrine in a cave protected by macaques next to dark passages lined with creepy paintings.
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