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

The oldest original lighthouse in Alaska that was born out of a tragic shipwreck.

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

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

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

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 this Alaska gold mine form a gorgeous ghost town.

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

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

Every summer, the Mendenhall River greenbelt comes alive with an explosion of magenta flowers.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

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

The crumbling remains of Juneau's explosives storage site.

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

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

Made of granite, this is a symbol of the Inuit peoples near water that expresses abundance.

This is an amazing but little known tile mosaic mural that used to grace the lobby of an office building in 1958, but now can only be seen from the second floor of a Shoppers Drug Mart.

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

This quirky piece of naval artillery has been deafening Canadians for over a century.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

This exaggerated sculpture resembles a well known feature of Vancouver:

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.