This striking landscape in northern Vietnam contains both geological and archaeological wonders.

A gift from the Soviet Union in the 1980s, this is the only statue of the Soviet dictator in Southeast Asia.

Unbeknownst to many, this fountain was erected as a tomb and still holds the remains of a Frenchman.

The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.

Located off a bustling strip, a silent teahouse employs workers with hearing- or speech-related disabilities.

A small museum dedicated to Vietnam’s lesser-known Iron Age culture.

One of Vietnam's most iconic landmarks was built by Japanese traders and is now in danger of sinking.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

Vietnam's largest Buddha statue depicts a female sage.

Showcasing some of the best-preserved temples of the Champa Kingdom.

Founded by French colonists in 1919, this mountain resort has been transformed into one-of-a-kind theme park.

This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.

A cityscape of burial tombs that you can easily lose yourself in.

Out of all the statues of Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, this one is the tallest and the most impressive.

Once a safe haven for locals engaged in blood feuds, this 400-year-old fortified tower is now a museum showing what life was like for those lying in wait within its walls.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

Once the fallout shelter of a dictator, this sprawling bunker is now a combined history museum and contemporary art gallery.

The largest Roman amphitheater in the Balkans once held over 20,000 people, but managed to lay hidden for hundreds of years.

One of the best examples of a Byzantine period monument in Albania.

A fascinating little project dedicated to preserving the charming historic doors of Durrës.

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.