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Home to what locals claim is the largest whale skeleton in Southeast Asia, which is worshiped yearly.

Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

This whimsically named Vietnamese stream is closer to a walkway than a waterway.

The lavish temple of the Cao Dai religion that includes Buddha, Mohammed, Joan of Arc, and Victor Hugo.

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

A memorial to the monk who set himself on fire to protest the persecution of Buddhists in Vietnam.

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

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

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

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

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

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

These crumbling towers are some of the last remnants of a centuries-old Vietnamese culture.

A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.

A Surreal flight of architectural fancy in Vietnam's Central Highlands.

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.

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

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

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

Have fun at the world's first Buddhist waterslide park.

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

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