Places mattdemond Wants to Go

This cavern was used as a hidden hospital and safe house during the Vietnam War.

Life-sized painted illusions let pedestrians blend in with the street art.

Walk through a clothing store, across a courtyard, and up several flights of stairs for delicious coffee with a side of beautiful views.

Don’t miss the local staple of rice vermicelli with charcoal-grilled pork patties and pork belly.

Under Hanoi’s medieval citadel sits a secret military headquarters from the final years of the Vietnam War.

A French-Colonial era collection of taxidermy and wet specimens, secreted away in the National University of Hanoi.

For true northern-style phở with broth as clear as consommé, hunt for this restaurant hidden within a residential home.