Places rpobeha68 Wants to Go

Carved through granite boulder fields and primeval forests, this roaring river valley once served as the secret naval training ground for the legendary Tay Son insurgency.

Giant pagoda houses the car that drove Thích Quảng Đức to his death by self-immolation.

Perhaps the only one of its kind, the nearly-forgotten site once held mortal (and rigged) gladiatorial games between tigers and imperial war elephants.

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

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

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

Vietnam's largest Buddha statue depicts a female sage.

Home to the world's largest collection of ancient Champa's sculptural works, featuring many Hindu and Buddhist deities.

This Vietnamese hell cave lets visitors take a walk through a devilish underworld full of demons.

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

The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.

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

This time-honored eatery near Hoàn Kiếm Lake serves the classic pairing of rice vermicelli soup and savory sticky rice.

Order your phở stir-fried, sans soup.

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

This steamed rice crepe specialist has been rolling up its namesake dish for over 30 years.

This tiny Vietnamese village is known for eating snakes and serving their still-beating hearts in shots of vodka.