This museum stands out for its poignant portrayal of the atrocities of the Vietnam War and serves as a vital educational tool for promoting peace and understanding.

Order your phở stir-fried, sans soup.

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

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

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

For a taste of Vietnamese gastropub culture, look no further than this convivial seafood joint that stays open till midnight.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

This fog-enshrouded, antique corner store sells individual slices of wedding-fancy layer cakes from a window.

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

A centuries-old church stands as a testament to Boston's "father of architecture."

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.