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

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

A desert in southeast Asia, complete with a beautiful lake covered in lotus flowers.

Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.

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.

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

This Vietnamese bar doubles as a multistory labyrinth.

This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.

This Vietnamese hell cave lets visitors take a walk through a devilish underworld full of demons.

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

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

The abandoned airport is a strangely intact remnant of Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime.

An abandoned Cambodian resort that mirrored the downfall of the country as it was happening.

One of the biggest markets in Asia, under one of the continent's largest domes.

More than 100 Hindu temples are slowly being swallowed by the forest.

Take a hidden path to the mouth of the cave to watch millions of bats swarm at sunset.

This impressive clifftop temple was once at the center of an international custody dispute.

This Cambodian riverbed is covered in ancient Hindu carvings both above and below the waters.

5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.

A former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.

A unique Buddhist temple with strange statues, beehives, and dinosaurs.

Isaan street food staples are in spectacular form at this no-frills institution.