Places Leininho Wants to Go

A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.

A series of well-preserved ruins show the culture of the ancient Benehoaritas people.

This Canary island is a quintessential example of nature’s beauty, and its unbridled fury.

An open-air museum showing how people on El Hierro lived from the time of the first settlers until the late 20th century.

Five miles of underground river link lake to ocean.

This unusual island has a winding sand bridge that only appears at low tide.

This curious fresh and salt water lake holds a secret that draws in deep divers from around the world.

Showcasing some of the best-preserved temples of the Champa Kingdom.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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