Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.

A monument commemorating the role of Alaska's native Tlingit guides in the Klondike Gold Rush.

This gravelly, dangerous highway is the only road in the United States that leads to the Arctic Ocean.

Permanent exhibit reminds visitors of the Exxon Valdez.

The cultural center preserves the history of the Tlingit tribe, who have lived in this Alaska village for more than 10,000 years.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

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

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

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

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

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

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

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