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

Under Hanoi’s medieval citadel sits a secret military headquarters from the final years of the Vietnam War.

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

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

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

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

Unbeknownst to many, this fountain was erected as a tomb and still holds the remains of a Frenchman.

A gift from the Soviet Union in the 1980s, this is the only statue of the Soviet dictator in Southeast Asia.

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

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

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

Fowl, love and death in Vietnam.

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.

Vietnam's largest Buddha statue depicts a female sage.

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

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

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

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

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

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

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

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