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

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.

The ruins of this Alaska gold mine form a gorgeous ghost town.

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

Medical museum featuring a number of excellent medical models.

A strange history museum, with items accumulated by a pair of globe trotting spies.

An autonomous oak in Alabama.

These ruins are all that's left of the former Alabama State Capitol.

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

A haunting army of decomposing, moss-covered stuffed animals and dolls guard this swinging truss.

This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.