Places jimmyjazz Wants to Go

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.

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

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

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

A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.

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

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

This Vietnamese bar doubles as a multistory labyrinth.

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

The river depicted in the antiwar film 'Apocalypse Now' was likely based on this Mekong tributary.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The world's largest collection of ship figureheads includes figures from legends and history alike, from Sir Lancelot to Abraham Lincoln.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

Inside this art and oddity-filled shop, a small room filled with secrets.

This antique shop offers affordable 15th-century Vietnamese ceramics salvaged from a local shipwreck.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

One of the largest squares in Europe contains an entire artificial island.