Places greetdruyts Wants to Go

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

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

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

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

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

This network of tunnels housed an entire village for years, and even had a hall for screening movies.

World's largest cave was only discovered in 1991, and now offers tours to the public.

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

Ha Long Bay's "Cave of Surprises" houses a popular phallic rock formation.

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

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

This spa in Hanoi is staffed exclusively by the visually impaired.

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

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

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.

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

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

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.

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

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

Order your phở stir-fried, sans soup.

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