The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.

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.

On top of a sheet metal business in Juneau stand nearly a dozen charming Wizard of Oz statues.

Siberian husky that delivered a life-saving antitoxin.

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.

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

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.

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

Derelict buildings are all that remain of a complex at the site of one of the worst mining disasters in Montana history.

At the time of its completion, it was the tallest dam in the world.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

An eclectic restaurant serving from and to the nearby Chittenden Locks.

Keeping Ballard's heritage alive with delicious, lightly battered Alaskan wild cod.