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

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

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

Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.

A desert in southeast Asia, complete with a beautiful lake covered in lotus flowers.

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

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

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

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

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

The Cuban revolutionary looks over the country from its highest peak.

Standing in this historic plaza is a statue representing one of Cuba's most iconic literary characters.

A cemetery full of exquisite statuary, including a monument to a woman some say died of a broken heart.

This imposing memorial contains the remains of Che Guevara — and 29 other guerrillas who died with him in Bolivia.

His music once banned in Communist Cuba, John Lennon is now immortalized in bronze by Castro, who considers Lennon a "fellow dreamer."

Neo-cave art on the macro scale.

A bronze sculpture of Lenin’s likeness outside Havana surrounded by 12 human figures in solidarity with the Bolshevik Revolution.

No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.

The house that birthed The Old Man and The Sea is now a museum devoted to the old man who wrote it.

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.

A colorful narrow alley in Cuba is full of street art and sculptures made of found objects.

In terms of history and architecture, this is one of the most remarkable cemeteries in the world.