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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ha Long Bay's "Cave of Surprises" houses a popular phallic rock formation.

A desert in southeast Asia, complete with a beautiful lake covered in lotus flowers.

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.

This Vietnamese hell cave lets visitors take a walk through a devilish underworld full of demons.

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

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

Vietnam's largest Buddha statue depicts a female sage.

The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.

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

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

A reportedly haunted parking structure with alleged links to Jack The Ripper.

Atop this arch, during the 16th-century, a sermon was given to those suffering from plague.

Each section of this public work of art represents one of the city's guilds.

A pair of mosaics marks the spot where the last accused witch of Dundee was put to death.

This monument depicts a harrowing event involving an escaped polar bear.