Da Nang, Vietnam
Fire-Breathing Dragon Bridge
This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.
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Da Nang, Vietnam
This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.
Huế, Vietnam
Giant pagoda houses the car that drove Thích Quảng Đức to his death by self-immolation.
Hương Thủy, Vietnam
An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.
Hương Thủy, Vietnam
Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.
Vĩnh Thạch, Vietnam
This network of tunnels housed an entire village for years, and even had a hall for screening movies.
Willemstad, Curaçao
Shipwrecks, ruins, and turtles are all that remain on this haunting Caribbean ghost island.
Vientiane, Laos
In the world's most bombed country relative to its size, this incredible organization helps pick up the pieces.
Champasak, Laos
This mysteriously shaped boulder may have been used for human sacrifice in ancient times.
Oswiecim, Poland
The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.
Hanoi, Vietnam
The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.
Hanoi, Vietnam
The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.
Kinderdijk, Netherlands
Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.
Ravenna, Italy
Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.
Lourdes, France
Beneath the city of Lourdes, France is a massive, concrete church.
Cape Palliser, New Zealand
These phallic stone spires once served as Tolkien's Paths of the Dead.
Ohope, New Zealand
The explorer Captain Cook may have named it White Island, but the Maori call it Te Puia o Whakaari – The Dramatic Volcano.
New Zealand
Only 68 people per day are allowed to visit this New Zealand bird-watcher’s paradise.
Radio Kootwijk, Netherlands
This disused VLF radio station is no longer in service but the surrounding town still bears its name.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This 1920s Amsterdam neighborhood was built as a giant experiment in concrete construction.
New Delhi, India
The mysterious empty cupola behind the monumental arch points to an ancient prophecy of Delhi.