Da Nang, Vietnam
Lady Buddha
Vietnam's largest Buddha statue depicts a female sage.
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Da Nang, Vietnam
Vietnam's largest Buddha statue depicts a female sage.
Hội An, Vietnam
One of Vietnam's most iconic landmarks was built by Japanese traders and is now in danger of sinking.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.
Vĩnh Thạch, Vietnam
This network of tunnels housed an entire village for years, and even had a hall for screening movies.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
A memorial to the monk who set himself on fire to protest the persecution of Buddhists in Vietnam.
Hanoi, Vietnam
The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.
Hòa Thắng, Vietnam
A desert in southeast Asia, complete with a beautiful lake covered in lotus flowers.
Phan Thiet, Vietnam
These crumbling towers are some of the last remnants of a centuries-old Vietnamese culture.
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
The world’s largest work of glass art hides in this stunning Taiwanese subway station.
Xiulin Township, Taiwan
An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.
Taipei, Taiwan
Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.
Taichung City, Taiwan
Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.
New Taipei City, Taiwan
A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.
Pohang, South Korea
To enter the lower hall of this temple, you must first walk through a dragon.
Imsil-gun, South Korea
A 32-acre fun park dedicated to all things cheese.
Seoul, South Korea
Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.
Dalat, Vietnam
A Surreal flight of architectural fancy in Vietnam's Central Highlands.
Đồng Văn, Vietnam
This striking landscape in northern Vietnam contains both geological and archaeological wonders.
Hương Thủy, Vietnam
An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.
Singapore
This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."
Singapore
Singapore's last surviving traditional village is hidden among giant skyscrapers and modern infrastructure.
Singapore
The first Catholic church in Singapore is a Neo-Gothic colossus with a rich architectural history.