Fairbanks, Alaska
Lend-Lease Monument
This super-sized statue is the only public memorial to the deal that ended America's neutrality during World War II.
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Fairbanks, Alaska
This super-sized statue is the only public memorial to the deal that ended America's neutrality during World War II.
Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.
Anchorage, Alaska
Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.
Wasilla, Alaska
Siberian husky that delivered a life-saving antitoxin.
Anchorage, Alaska
A suburban street in Anchorage doubles as a runway, and each home has its own airplane hangar.
Anchorage, Alaska
A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.
Anchorage, Alaska
Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.
Anchorage, Alaska
While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.
Palmer, Alaska
The only house built with a turret, crenellations, and a moat in Palmer, Alaska.
Palmer, Alaska
An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.
Tok, Alaska
This junkyard made over as a theme park is the "Most Alaskan place in Alaska."
Carcross, Yukon
This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.
Whitehorse, Yukon
When the big city meets the edge of the frontier, log skyscrapers are born.
Whitehorse, Yukon
This decommissioned DC-3 now forever points into the oncoming wind.
Watson Lake, Yukon
Roadside collection of 65,000 signs.
Jasper, Alberta
The site of a strange super top-secret military experiment during WWII on a remote Canadian lake.
Alberta
A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.
Jasper, Alberta
With a floor made of thick glass, this observation deck offers a full view of Sunwapta Valley's mountains and rivers.
Jasper, Alberta
This natural wonder is disappearing at an alarming rate.
Eldon, Alberta
Canada’s surprisingly controversial monument to Dwight Eisenhower.
Field, British Columbia
Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!
Improvement District No. 9, Alberta
The only way to visit this old resort hotel is with scuba gear.
Banff, Alberta
The natural hot spring that was integral to the creation of Canada's first national park.
Banff, Alberta
Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.