You probably already knew but it's Ho Chi Minh's birthday today. He would have been 127. As you can read below, it is still possible to visit the long-gone remains of the communist hero. But which other famous corpses are accessible to the public?
Apparently Ho Chi Minh, much-loved leader of Vietnam, wanted to be cremated following his death in 1969. Sadly for him, when you're this loved, your last wishes don't get granted. For the Vietnamese people like to still visit their liberator - his embalmed body remains on display in an austere, grey-granite mausoleum on Ba Dinh Square, the country's ceremonial heart.
With contributions from the Lonely Planet's 1000 Ultimate Sights (lonelyplanet.com)
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