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

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

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

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

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

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

Low tide reveals 8,000-year-old rock carvings in Southern Alaska.

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

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

This shrine to the patron saint of Alaska sits on a small tidal island and was built from the land’s own beach stones.

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

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.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

The Incas turned this ancient Wari aqueduct into an imposing defensive gate.

The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.

Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

A backdoor to Machu Picchu that only the most foolhardy infiltrator would attempt to breach.

A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

A rare tour of a commercial jet assembly plant, held inside one of the largest buildings in the world.