Places pleiades Wants to Go

Grotesque statues of figures from Buddhist hell haunt the temple's Sin Park.

This serene bamboo walkway allows Buddhist monks from remote temples access to the nearby village.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

The skeletons, demons, and corpses serve as a warning of the terrors of Buddhist Hell.

Bizarre Hindu and Buddhist sculpture park.

The golden Buddha statue at the Wat Muang Monastery is the tallest in Thailand, and the ninth-tallest in the world.

During the rainy season, this temple is almost entirely submerged, accessible only by boat.

A Buddhist shrine in a cave protected by macaques next to dark passages lined with creepy paintings.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

This museum has a most unusual location: inside a giant, three-headed elephant.

Walk through depictions of the torture inflicted on those who go to Buddhist hell.

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

Under a breathtaking Buddhist temple in Vietnam is a basement exhibit that takes visitors to hell and back.

A mystical-meets-modern mix of centuries-old divination decks and Pokémon cards ready to predict your destiny.

A small museum dedicated to Vietnam’s lesser-known Iron Age culture.

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

Order your phở stir-fried, sans soup.

For a taste of Vietnamese gastropub culture, look no further than this convivial seafood joint that stays open till midnight.

Perhaps the only one of its kind, the nearly-forgotten site once held mortal (and rigged) gladiatorial games between tigers and imperial war elephants.

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

Vietnam’s everyman “broken rice” dish is given one major upgrade at this humble institution.

Under Hanoi’s medieval citadel sits a secret military headquarters from the final years of the Vietnam War.

A gift from the Soviet Union in the 1980s, this is the only statue of the Soviet dictator in Southeast Asia.

Shoes and revealing shirts are not allowed inside this giant Vietnamese Christ.