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

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

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

A three-table eatery sits inside the home-kitchen of a seafood virtuoso in Bangkok's Chinatown.

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

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

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

Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.

Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.

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.

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.

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

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.

A treasure trove of pathological, forensic, parasitological, and anatomical specimens.

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

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

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

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

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

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.