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

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

The crumbling remains of Juneau's explosives storage site.

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

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

Learn about the history and craftsmanship of carousels inside this museum located in a former post office.

At the time of its completion, it was the tallest dam in the world.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

The picturesque remains of an abandoned silver mine slope down to Tagish Lake in the Yukon.

This decommissioned DC-3 now forever points into the oncoming wind.

When the big city meets the edge of the frontier, log skyscrapers are born.

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

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

The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.