A giant gun barrel in Barbados that once hoped to shoot outer space with science.

The wartime prison now features haunting sculpted reenactments of the atrocities that took place there.

Fowl, love and death in Vietnam.

A memorial to the monk who set himself on fire to protest the persecution of Buddhists in Vietnam.

Home to what locals claim is the largest whale skeleton in Southeast Asia, which is worshiped yearly.

This whimsically named Vietnamese stream is closer to a walkway than a waterway.

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

The lavish temple of the Cao Dai religion that includes Buddha, Mohammed, Joan of Arc, and Victor Hugo.

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

This network of tunnels housed an entire village for years, and even had a hall for screening movies.

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

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

This striking landscape in northern Vietnam contains both geological and archaeological wonders.

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

A Surreal flight of architectural fancy in Vietnam's Central Highlands.

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

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

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

Have fun at the world's first Buddhist waterslide park.

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

World's largest cave was only discovered in 1991, and now offers tours to the public.

Beautiful palace stands tall over the Fergana Valley.

One of the most ethnically diverse spots on the planet.

Touching displays of wishes for peace from the Cold War era.