Whittier, Alaska
Whittier, Alaska
This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.
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Whittier, Alaska
This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.
Whittier, Alaska
This WWII-era military installation once held an entire city within its walls - now, its walls are falling down.
Whittier, Alaska
Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.
Anchorage, Alaska
Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.
Talkeetna, Alaska
This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.
Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.
North Pole, Alaska
A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.
Cantwell, Alaska
Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.
Fairbanks, Alaska
A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.
Fairbanks, Alaska
This mile marker stands at the unofficial end of a highway built to defend the United States from a Japanese invasion during World War II.
Fairbanks, Alaska
One woman's dream became a train hotel in her backyard.
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.
Put-in-Bay, Ohio
The world's tallest doric column is this Ohio monument to a naval victory in the War of 1812.
Put-in-Bay, Ohio
Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.
Chimney Rock, North Carolina
A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.
Troutman, North Carolina
A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.
Asheville, North Carolina
The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.
Asheville, North Carolina
A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.
Asheville, North Carolina
A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.
Asheville, North Carolina
The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.
Louisville, Kentucky
The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.
Clarksville, Indiana
Marine fossils from the Devonian period are exposed at this park.
Louisville, Kentucky
The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.