Clean, cold drinking water flows from a nondescript pipe in a roadside rock face.

Every summer, the Mendenhall River greenbelt comes alive with an explosion of magenta flowers.

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

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

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

The simple log cabin of a famed loner and naturalist stands preserved as a symbol of the ultimate DIY lifestyle.

At 238 feet above the bottom of a gorge this span is known as the biggest thrill on the road to McCarthy.

This junkyard made over as a theme park is the "Most Alaskan place in Alaska."

An auroral research program that superheats the ionosphere.

Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.

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

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

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

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

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

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

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

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

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

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

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

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

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.