Vietnam's largest Buddha statue depicts a female sage.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Don’t miss the local staple of rice vermicelli with charcoal-grilled pork patties and pork belly.

For true northern-style phở with broth as clear as consommé, hunt for this restaurant hidden within a residential home.

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

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

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

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

This crab paste noodle soup specialist has been doling out its namesake dish for more than four decades.

Nearly three tons of weapons from the Vietnam War still remain in this small, hidden museum.

This monument owes its name to a quote by the famous civil rights activist and journalist.

A Japanese temple, old German townhouses, and public chess tables offer a peaceful escape from the bustle of the North Side.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.