A simple plaque remembers a California island massacre that claimed more than 100 lives.

A forensic lab dedicated to fighting crimes against wildlife.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

You don't have to visit the deep blue sea to see these majestic creatures swimming wild and free.

The remote graves mark the mysterious deaths of four 19th century explorers.

Siberian husky that delivered a life-saving antitoxin.

Don't be a grizzly man. Get personal with Alaska's wild bears from the safety of this conservationist camp.

A rare kind of blue bear can be found chiefly in the national park that shares their name.

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.

Internationally recognized group that works to protect the wolf and educate the public about its plight.

North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.

This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

Gorgeous cave resemble a winter wonderland.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

One of the few places where you can visit a cenote and Maya ruins at the same time.

This sacred space and gathering spot for the Wyandot Nation has been the surrounded by controversy and confusion.

An Englishman loses his scalp to a Cheyenne warrior and lives to donate it to a library.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.