A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

A quirky roadside sign was the subject of a years-long legal standoff over highway right-of-way clearances. 

The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.

Known as the “Official Greeter of Juneau,” this dog still welcomes ships and their passengers to Alaska.

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.

A unique spiral staircase that doesn't quite make it up to the top floor.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

Legend says one of the world's largest marine geysers is actually a whale that got wedged within the rocks.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.

This maintained cabin is where Josie Morris, an occasional associate of Butch Cassidy, lived out the last 50 years of her life by herself.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.