Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.

Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.

Eat a meal surrounded by bomb fragments.

A French-Colonial era collection of taxidermy and wet specimens, secreted away in the National University of Hanoi.

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

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

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

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

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.

More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.

The capital of Cambodia is named after the hill on which this ancient temple complex stands.

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

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

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

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

This collection of reclaimed landmines acts as both an exhibition of their deadly history and as a shelter for children affected by them.