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

The oldest original lighthouse in Alaska that was born out of a tragic shipwreck.

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

The site of one of Japan's very few American occupations during World War II still holds the relics of a roundly disastrous campaign.

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

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

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.

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

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

A suburban street in Anchorage doubles as a runway, and each home has its own airplane hangar.

This Cold War siren is one off the last of its kind still standing with its immensely powerful original horn.

This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

This Seattle museum displays the history of the telephone through an impressive collection of telecom equipment.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

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

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.