During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.

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

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

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

The easternmost town in Alaska can only be accessed from Canada.

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.

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

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 ghostly Alaska village still clings to a steep cliffside despite having been abandoned for over 50 years.

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

The ruins of this Alaska gold mine form a gorgeous ghost town.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

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

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

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

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

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.