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

Perhaps the only one of its kind, the nearly-forgotten site once held mortal (and rigged) gladiatorial games between tigers and imperial war elephants.

Vietnam’s everyman “broken rice” dish is given one major upgrade at this humble institution.

A refugee returns to his homeland to open Ho Chi Minh City’s first Michelin-starred restaurant.

This antique shop offers affordable 15th-century Vietnamese ceramics salvaged from a local shipwreck.

A cityscape of burial tombs that you can easily lose yourself in.

This unique formation is characterized by hexagonal basalt rocks stacked in unique formations.

One of the oldest temples in Ho Chi Minh City, dedicated to a deified Chinese military leader.

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

This tiny Vietnamese village is known for eating snakes and serving their still-beating hearts in shots of vodka.

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

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

These crumbling towers are some of the last remnants of a centuries-old Vietnamese culture.

Walk through a clothing store, across a courtyard, and up several flights of stairs for delicious coffee with a side of beautiful views.

This Vietnamese bar doubles as a multistory labyrinth.

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

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

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.

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

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

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

This former open-pit manganese mine is now a massive graffiti canvas.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.