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

The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

American bombs, morbid memorabilia, and graphic photographs tell the story of the CIA-led “Secret War” from the Pathet Lao perspective.

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

More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.

This mysteriously shaped boulder may have been used for human sacrifice in ancient times.

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

A mysterious, hidden cluster of Buddha sculptures carved into the rocks.

This ruined temple's giant Buddha statue bears the scars of the Second Indochina War.

Eat a meal surrounded by bomb fragments.

Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.

Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.

A phallic shrine to a princess goddess in Krabi, Thailand.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

Self-mummified monk who wears sunglasses and has become a gecko hatchery.

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.