All Places in Hanoi

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A gift from the Soviet Union in the 1980s, this is the only statue of the Soviet dictator in Southeast Asia.

Under Hanoi’s medieval citadel sits a secret military headquarters from the final years of the Vietnam War.

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.

This time-honored eatery near Hoàn Kiếm Lake serves the classic pairing of rice vermicelli soup and savory sticky rice.

This steamed rice crepe specialist has been rolling up its namesake dish for over 30 years.

Order your phở stir-fried, sans soup.