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The remains of the first saint from Alaska in the Russian Orthodox Church.

This remote fort on the Yukon River is a vestige of the wild Alaska gold rush.

Open day and night, a church with three pews and Bibles.

The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.

The northernmost international land border crossing in the United States.

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

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

On top of a sheet metal business in Juneau stand nearly a dozen charming Wizard of Oz statues.

The site of one of Japan's very few American occupations during World War II still holds the relics of a roundly disastrous campaign.

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

One of two side-by-side totem pole parks dedicated to educating visitors on Tlingit history and culture.

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

A tiny wilderness cemetery commemorates the deadliest episode of the Klondike Gold Rush.

America's smallest "national forest" has only 33 trees.

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

The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.

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

This shrine to the patron saint of Alaska sits on a small tidal island and was built from the land’s own beach stones.

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

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.

Low tide reveals 8,000-year-old rock carvings in Southern Alaska.

Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.

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