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

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

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

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

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.

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

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