This abandoned mine offers a glimpse at what life was like for those who came to Alaska seeking Gold Rush riches.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

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

The resilient spirit of this remote mining town burns bright in its eclectic memorabilia.

Watch bison, elk, and other wild animals up close at this national park.

The intense competition of the 19th-century fur trading industry played out at this fort in Western Canada.

A roadside attraction fit for a giant.

Where the English trapper who faked a First Nations identity bunked with beavers.

This artful dam holds back a crater-made reservoir that can be seen from space.

This partially completed dam was simply abandoned after nearly destroying the city it was built to service.

The "Crow Boat" of Kootenay Lake, sold for a dollar and now on display as "the world's oldest intact passenger sternwheeler."

The picturesque remains of an abandoned silver mine slope down to Tagish Lake in the Yukon.

This historic Canadian jail was once the longest operating prison in the country and is now open for people to incarcerate themselves.

This Canadian monument to the man who invented the telephone allows visitors to get up close and personal with the artifacts of his life.

A seven-story wooden coal tipple stands this former mine, the last of many that once covered this area.

This huge ship ran aground and has simply been left to sit there ever since.

A skeletal collection of former nautical mainstays.

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

The ruined remains of an early hydroelectric dam.

This hauntingly stark structure is a relic of an industrial past.

This haunted corpse of a drive-in is now a graffiti-covered ruin.

One of the final concrete ships built before World War II is now a crumbling breakwater.

The largest axe on the planet contains a time capsule that seems like it may never be discovered.

This monster fiberglass crustacean stands watch over the self-proclaimed "lobster capital of the world."