Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

The largest collection of ornamental hair combs on the planet.

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

See a full-scale whale skeleton and experience the captivating culture of Alaska’s Native people at this heritage center in east Anchorage.

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

One of Alaska's most significant ancient sites, spanning millennia and cultures, is right under the feet of some famously fat bears.

In 1912, this idyllic Alaska landscape was blown apart in the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.

The cultural center preserves the history of the Tlingit tribe, who have lived in this Alaska village for more than 10,000 years.

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

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

Siberian husky that delivered a life-saving antitoxin.

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

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

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

While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.

This frozen tunnel in central Alaska is both an engineering feat and a valuable climate classroom.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

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

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

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

This Alaskan town appoints the general store's resident feline as honorary mayor.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

These particularly resplendent rodents are the state animal of Maharashtra.

An eclectic mix of influences rot together in harmony in this India necropolis.