The unusual lighthouse looms over waves of prairies with no sea in sight.

This ghost town houses the remains of Alabama's old state capital.

This 1,500-acre development hopes to be the Central Park of the South.

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

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

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

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

This general store is a one-stop-shop for workers at the Prudhoe Bay oil field.

This remote fort on the Yukon River is a vestige of the wild Alaska gold rush.

The northernmost international land border crossing in the United States.

A museum devoted entirely to hammers has more than 1,400 items on display dating back to the Romans.

Alaska Natives have lived on this tiny isolated island in the Bering Strait for over 5,000 years.

The easternmost town in Alaska can only be accessed from Canada.

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

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

Research missiles and rainbow auroras at the world's largest land-based rocket range.

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

Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.

This ghostly Alaska village still clings to a steep cliffside despite having been abandoned for over 50 years.

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

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

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