Fort Payne, Alabama
Dye Ditch Gang
This papier-mâché diorama celebrates an unusual landmark: the brightly-colored runoff from a local sock factory.
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Fort Payne, Alabama
This papier-mâché diorama celebrates an unusual landmark: the brightly-colored runoff from a local sock factory.
Sitka, Alaska
The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.
Ketchikan, Alaska
This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.
Ketchikan, Alaska
One of two side-by-side totem pole parks dedicated to educating visitors on Tlingit history and culture.
Nantucket, Massachusetts
Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.
Yakutat, Alaska
Gorgeous cave resemble a winter wonderland.
Chitina, Alaska
The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.
Anchorage, Alaska
See a full-scale whale skeleton and experience the captivating culture of Alaska’s Native people at this heritage center in east Anchorage.
Seward, Alaska
The beginning of the historic Iditarod Trail connecting the Alaskan cities of Seward and Nome.
Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.
Chicken, Alaska
A giant poultry statue immortalizes one of Alaska's more humorous town names.
Sakha Republic, Russia
This remote lake in Siberia supposedly contains a fearsome sea monster.
Magadan, Russia
This eerie sculpture overlooks what was known as the Road of Bones under Joseph Stalin.
Haines, Alaska
The cultural center preserves the history of the Tlingit tribe, who have lived in this Alaska village for more than 10,000 years.
Skagway, Alaska
A tiny wilderness cemetery commemorates the deadliest episode of the Klondike Gold Rush.
Skagway, Alaska
A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.
Skagway, Alaska
The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.
Skagway, Alaska
A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.
Alaska
The oldest original lighthouse in Alaska that was born out of a tragic shipwreck.
Gustavus, Alaska
A rare kind of blue bear can be found chiefly in the national park that shares their name.
Russia
Siberian whale bones stand as cairns marking location of an ancient butcher yard.
Aleutians West, Alaska
The site of one of Japan's very few American occupations during World War II still holds the relics of a roundly disastrous campaign.
Whittier, Alaska
Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.
Whittier, Alaska
This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.