An improbable waterfall springs from an orange-white cliff face, tumbling into the headwaters of the Virgin River above Zion National Park.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

This general store is a one-stop-shop for workers at the Prudhoe Bay oil field.

One toy collector's legacy of hundreds of unique items includes the most diverse display of northern indigenous dolls.

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

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

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

Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.

This WWII-era military installation once held an entire city within its walls - now, its walls are falling down.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.