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

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

This remote fort on the Yukon River is a vestige of the wild Alaska gold rush.

The remains of the first saint from Alaska in the Russian Orthodox Church.

This Alaska library may be the only one in the country that allows you to check out pieces of taxidermy.

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

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

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

Siberian husky that delivered a life-saving antitoxin.

A tiny wilderness cemetery commemorates the deadliest episode of the Klondike Gold Rush.

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

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

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

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

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

Low tide reveals 8,000-year-old rock carvings in Southern Alaska.

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.

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

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

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

A fiery-red region of scooped out land still largely untouched by civilization, tourists or otherwise.

A magnificent place to see authentic paleolithic cave paintings that are an astounding 33,000 years old.

This influential Renaissance-era library was once the haunt of kings and monks.