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

The northernmost truck stop in the United States.

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

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

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

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.

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

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

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

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

A copy of the famous bus used during the filming of 'Into the Wild' is on display at an Alaska brewery.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

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

This Alaskan town appoints the general store's resident feline as honorary mayor.

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

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

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

The now-serene site of the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America.

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

The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.

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

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

The beginning of the historic Iditarod Trail connecting the Alaskan cities of Seward and Nome.

A phone booth crammed with books marks the path to a house-turned-bookstore in Alaska.