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

Order your phở stir-fried, sans soup.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Have fun at the world's first Buddhist waterslide park.

These crumbling towers are some of the last remnants of a centuries-old Vietnamese culture.

A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.

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

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

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

A former military hospital is now used to study and preserve artifacts of the Acropolis.

This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.

Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.