A monument commemorating the role of Alaska's native Tlingit guides in the Klondike Gold Rush.

Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.

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

Permanent exhibit reminds visitors of the Exxon Valdez.

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

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

The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.

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

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.

This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

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

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

This historic square in Nepal is home to temples dating back to the third century.

Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

The place of worship erected not once, but three times in one of the most desolate places on Earth.

A wooden hut from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

One of the most extreme deserts in the world, these snow-free valleys harbor life, despite the hostile environment.

Southern Ocean waters and glacial forces transform the Antarctic ice into these stunning bridges and caves.

These passages carved from the Antarctic ice hold strange shrines to the harsh southernmost climes.