Shaki, Armenia
Shaki Waterfall
After visiting hours, this picturesque waterfall is essentially turned "off" to be used for hydroelectric power.
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Shaki, Armenia
After visiting hours, this picturesque waterfall is essentially turned "off" to be used for hydroelectric power.
Yerevan, Armenia
Destruction from Armenia's 1988 earthquake inspired an artist's sculptures of scrap metal.
Lusarat, Armenia
The most visited pilgrimage site in Armenia once held a saint in a pit for 13 years.
Goght, Armenia
This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.
Garni, Armenia
A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.
La Fortuna, Costa Rica
The same water that fills a luxury resort’s pools feeds these free hot springs in the rainforest.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.
Halong City, Vietnam
Ha Long Bay's "Cave of Surprises" houses a popular phallic rock formation.
Hanoi, Vietnam
A French-Colonial era collection of taxidermy and wet specimens, secreted away in the National University of Hanoi.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.
Da Nang, Vietnam
This Vietnamese hell cave lets visitors take a walk through a devilish underworld full of demons.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.
Hanoi, Vietnam
The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.
Hanoi, Vietnam
The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Meant to be a lavish presidential home, the palace became a symbol of the fall of South Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
One of the oldest temples in Ho Chi Minh City, dedicated to a deified Chinese military leader.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.
Da Nang, Vietnam
Vietnam's largest Buddha statue depicts a female sage.
Hanoi, Vietnam
A gift from the Soviet Union in the 1980s, this is the only statue of the Soviet dictator in Southeast Asia.
Hội An, Vietnam
One of Vietnam's most iconic landmarks was built by Japanese traders and is now in danger of sinking.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Nearly three tons of weapons from the Vietnam War still remain in this small, hidden museum.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Under Hanoi’s medieval citadel sits a secret military headquarters from the final years of the Vietnam War.