This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

One of two side-by-side totem pole parks dedicated to educating visitors on Tlingit history and culture.

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

This Italianate house was the childhood home of the prominent Canadian painter, Emily Carr.

An operating lighthouse from the 1860s.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

Impressive artifacts from Juneau's gold mining days fill this mining site-turned-museum.

One toy collector's legacy of hundreds of unique items includes the most diverse display of northern indigenous dolls.

Often mistaken for an office building, inside this venue is an amazing collection of Native Alaskan art.

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

Known as the “Official Greeter of Juneau,” this dog still welcomes ships and their passengers to Alaska.

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.

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

The crumbling remains of Juneau's explosives storage site.

A 30-mile-long glacially-carved canyon leads to a massive pair of glaciers.

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

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

An ode to one of the dirtiest jobs during the construction of the Boulder Dam.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.