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

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.

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.

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

Don’t miss the local staple of rice vermicelli with charcoal-grilled pork patties and pork belly.

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

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

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

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

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

This candy-pink cathedral of Da Nang is also known as the Chicken Church.

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

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

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

Of five volcanoes located in the massive Tengger caldera, this cone is the youngest and most active.

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

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

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

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

Vietnam's largest Buddha statue depicts a female sage.

This Vietnamese bar doubles as a multistory labyrinth.