This former monastery in Vietnam now houses a chocolate shop and museum filled with centuries-old taxidermy specimens.

A refugee returns to his homeland to open Ho Chi Minh City’s first Michelin-starred restaurant.

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

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

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

This historic Chinese tower was said to have been haunted by fox spirits but is now haunted by a grisly murder.

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.