Shoes and revealing shirts are not allowed inside this giant Vietnamese Christ.

A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.

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

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

Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

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

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

Vietnam's largest Buddha statue depicts a female sage.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.

Created hundreds of years ago, the magical follies and landscapes at this park were almost lost to time before being restored.

This fantastical and eclectic English garden takes its inspiration from Egypt, China, the occult and more.

This crumbling folly looks like an enchanted left over from Middle Earth.

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

One of the largest mechanical models of the solar system in the world.

These skilfully executed, poignant works of art dot a verdant Scottish dell.

This Scottish castle has witnessed clan rivalries, Jacobite uprisings, whisky smuggling, and more.