One of Vietnam's most iconic landmarks was built by Japanese traders and is now in danger of sinking.

Giant pagoda houses the car that drove Thích Quảng Đức to his death by self-immolation.

Meant to be a lavish presidential home, the palace became a symbol of the fall of South Vietnam.

Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

Located off a bustling strip, a silent teahouse employs workers with hearing- or speech-related disabilities.

A memorial to the monk who set himself on fire to protest the persecution of Buddhists in Vietnam.

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

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

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

A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.

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

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

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

This statue pays tribute to the iconic musician in the place where he recorded his final studio album.

Medieval irrigation channels built into the sides of mountains provided Valais with water for hundreds of years.

At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.

Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.

A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.