This 23-foot-tall bear stands amid the hustle and bustle of Hamad International Airport.

Striking, enormous gold-plated sculpture of Buddha installed in the 19th century.

Visit a century-old sweet shop serving gold-standard mango sticky rice.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

A mural honoring the women who built Singapore turned a quiet alley into a citywide debate.