A preserved factory in the "Home of the Carrousel" is now a museum dedicated to the classic wooden ride.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.

This sprawling collection of saintly relics includes such fascinations as wood from the Cross of Jesus and threads from Mary's veil.

The "last holdout of the Confederacy” actually sat at the edge of the Canadian border.

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

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

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

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

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

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

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

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

This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.

When the big city meets the edge of the frontier, log skyscrapers are born.

This decommissioned DC-3 now forever points into the oncoming wind.

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

The largest collection of ornamental hair combs on the planet.

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

Open day and night, a church with three pews and Bibles.

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.

A skeletal collection of former nautical mainstays.

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

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