Commemorating the lives of a renowned humorist and a famed aviator who died in a plane crash in northern Alaska.

A quirky roadside sign was the subject of a years-long legal standoff over highway right-of-way clearances. 

The beginning of the historic Iditarod Trail connecting the Alaskan cities of Seward and Nome.

A copy of the famous bus used during the filming of 'Into the Wild' is on display at an Alaska brewery.

Pay homage to a preeminent matriarch, and the native Dena’ina people, at this sculpture installation in Anchorage.

The now-serene site of the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America.

Tour a Cold War-era U.S. military missile launch site in Anchorage.

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

The northernmost truck stop in the United States.

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

The northernmost international land border crossing in the United States.

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

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

A museum devoted entirely to hammers has more than 1,400 items on display dating back to the Romans.

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

A sarcastic monument threatens to curse any "idiot" who dares remove it.

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.

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

Siberian husky that delivered a life-saving antitoxin.

This shrine to the patron saint of Alaska sits on a small tidal island and was built from the land’s own beach stones.

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

A giant poultry statue immortalizes one of Alaska's more humorous town names.

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