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 site of one of Japan's very few American occupations during World War II still holds the relics of a roundly disastrous campaign.

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

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.

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

One woman's dream became a train hotel in her backyard.

An abandoned aircraft sits submerged in a lake in the Alaska wilderness.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

This WWII-era military installation once held an entire city within its walls - now, its walls are falling down.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

An urban laboratory.

This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

This rustic cabin, outfitted with gun slits, was once home to John D. Tewksbury, patriarch of the bloodiest family feud in American history.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.