These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

This mysterious tower is said to enshrine a dormant seven-headed serpent that once protected Vientiane from destruction.

Villagers have recycled bomber fuel tanks from the Vietnam War and turned them into very, very strong boats.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

When the USA donated cement and funds to expand the airport in Laos, the Laotians built a massive monument instead.

A boat ride through utter darkness, lit only by headlamps, reveals an emerald green pool locals believe is sacred.

This Bangkok high-rise looks like a rudimentary LEGO elephant.

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

Meant to be a lavish presidential home, the palace became a symbol of the fall of South Vietnam.

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

Vietnam's largest Buddha statue depicts a female sage.

One of Vietnam's most iconic landmarks was built by Japanese traders and is now in danger of sinking.

The wartime prison now features haunting sculpted reenactments of the atrocities that took place there.

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

Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.

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

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.

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.

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