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

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

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

This general store is a one-stop-shop for workers at the Prudhoe Bay oil field.

The stickered marker pinpoints where the only maintained road in the United States crosses into the polar region.

This gravelly, dangerous highway is the only road in the United States that leads to the Arctic Ocean.

The northernmost truck stop in the United States.

The northernmost international land border crossing in the United States.

A giant poultry statue immortalizes one of Alaska's more humorous town names.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

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

One of Alaska's most significant ancient sites, spanning millennia and cultures, is right under the feet of some famously fat bears.

During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.

See a full-scale whale skeleton and experience the captivating culture of Alaska’s Native people at this heritage center in east Anchorage.

The now-serene site of the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America.

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

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

A rare kind of blue bear can be found chiefly in the national park that shares their name.

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

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

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