This abandoned mine offers a glimpse at what life was like for those who came to Alaska seeking Gold Rush riches.

A monument commemorating the role of Alaska's native Tlingit guides in the Klondike Gold Rush.

Impressive artifacts from Juneau's gold mining days fill this mining site-turned-museum.

The northernmost truck stop in the United States.

Permanent exhibit reminds visitors of the Exxon Valdez.

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

This super-sized statue is the only public memorial to the deal that ended America's neutrality during World War II.

The only house built with a turret, crenellations, and a moat in Palmer, Alaska.

The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.

Open day and night, a church with three pews and Bibles.

Alaska Natives have lived on this tiny isolated island in the Bering Strait for over 5,000 years.

One of two side-by-side totem pole parks dedicated to educating visitors on Tlingit history and culture.

A suburban street in Anchorage doubles as a runway, and each home has its own airplane hangar.

The site of one of Japan's very few American occupations during World War II still holds the relics of a roundly disastrous campaign.

Often mistaken for an office building, inside this venue is an amazing collection of Native Alaskan art.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.

The simple log cabin of a famed loner and naturalist stands preserved as a symbol of the ultimate DIY lifestyle.

An auroral research program that superheats the ionosphere.

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

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

Research missiles and rainbow auroras at the world's largest land-based rocket range.

The stickered marker pinpoints where the only maintained road in the United States crosses into the polar region.

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