A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

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

Open day and night, a church with three pews and Bibles.

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

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

The granite head appears to be deep in thought and half buried in the ground.

Roadside collection of 65,000 signs.

An auroral research program that superheats the ionosphere.

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.

This house of worship in the Arctic Circle is shaped like an igloo.

Natural earth mounds formed in the far north.

This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.

A spoke-tacular artwork constructed from recycled bicycle rims.

Home to a full cast of the largest woolly mammoth ever recovered in North America. 

This decommissioned DC-3 now forever points into the oncoming wind.

When the big city meets the edge of the frontier, log skyscrapers are born.

On top of a sheet metal business in Juneau stand nearly a dozen charming Wizard of Oz statues.

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

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

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

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

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