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

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

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

Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.

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

This ghostly Alaska village still clings to a steep cliffside despite having been abandoned for over 50 years.

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

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

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

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

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

This frozen tunnel in central Alaska is both an engineering feat and a valuable climate classroom.

Gorgeous cave resemble a winter wonderland.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

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

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

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

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

This decrepit abandoned building is made all the more eerie by its dark history.

This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.

This Gothic castle was inspired by Erik the Red's Viking residence at Brattahlid in Greenland.

Marigolds, rosemary, Madonna lilies, and the Virgin’s Bower decorate this Massachusetts sacred garden.

This series of landscape dioramas tell the story of New England forestry in exacting miniature detail.

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.