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

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

America's smallest "national forest" has only 33 trees.

The sculpture's largest spire points directly toward the North Star.

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

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

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

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

While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

This papier-mâché diorama celebrates an unusual landmark: the brightly-colored runoff from a local sock factory.

An Alabama courtroom where two famous American authors played as children became the setting for a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

Since it formed millions of years ago, this cave system has been a sacred burial ground, a Prohibition-era speakeasy, and the center of an amusement park.

This space rock fragment is one of the only meteors to have ever struck a human.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

This old army installation has worn many hats throughout its history.

A vibrant colony of rescued wolves and other canids.

Hidden in the Chihuahuan Desert resides an amazing collection of petroglyphs.