Where Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird created their "heroes in a half shell" and founded Mirage Studios.

The world's largest model of our planetary system.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

New Zealand's oldest prison holds a dark history and the scars of a deadly earthquake.

Designed to allow funerals to proceed over the River Dulnain.

This cemetery overlooking the Benbulben rock formation is the final resting place of one of Ireland's most beloved poets.

Below the altar in Saint-Willibrord Basilica rests the mortal remains of Luxembourg's patron saint.

Visit Lima’s one-stop-shop for sustainably sourced and produced Peruvian chocolate.

Part arcade, part museum, this collection features vintage and modern pinball machines.

A crumbling cliffside ruin hidden in the woods.

This towering totem holds the title for the tallest in the world but only according to some.

Hauntingly beautiful totem poles left by the Haida.

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

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

Often mistaken for an office building, inside this venue is an amazing collection of Native Alaskan art.

One toy collector's legacy of hundreds of unique items includes the most diverse display of northern indigenous dolls.

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

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

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

The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.

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

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

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

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