Places MELS Wants to Go

This Vietnamese bar doubles as a multistory labyrinth.

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

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

Order your phở stir-fried, sans soup.

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

World's largest cave was only discovered in 1991, and now offers tours to the public.

Out of all the statues of Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, this one is the tallest and the most impressive.

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

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

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

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

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

Life-sized painted illusions let pedestrians blend in with the street art.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

Vienna's underworld of tunnels and subterranean rivers made an iconic appearance in a 1949 Orson Welles film.

Celebrate the history of the lucky chimney sweep.

The first modernist church in Europe.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

A magnificent collection of imperial armor and weaponry.