A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

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

The stickered marker pinpoints where the only maintained road in the United States crosses into the polar region.

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

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

The simple log cabin of a famed loner and naturalist stands preserved as a symbol of the ultimate DIY lifestyle.

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

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

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

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

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

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

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

An abandoned aircraft sits submerged in a lake in the Alaska wilderness.

One woman's dream became a train hotel in her backyard.

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

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

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

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

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

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

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

Clean, cold drinking water flows from a nondescript pipe in a roadside rock face.