King Salmon, Alaska
Valley of 10,000 Smokes
In 1912, this idyllic Alaska landscape was blown apart in the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.
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King Salmon, Alaska
In 1912, this idyllic Alaska landscape was blown apart in the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.
Ketchikan, Alaska
This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.
Juneau, Alaska
Often mistaken for an office building, inside this venue is an amazing collection of Native Alaskan art.
Juneau, Alaska
Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."
Juneau, Alaska
Known as the “Official Greeter of Juneau,” this dog still welcomes ships and their passengers to Alaska.
Homer, Alaska
A phone booth crammed with books marks the path to a house-turned-bookstore in Alaska.
Skagway, Alaska
The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.
Gustavus, Alaska
A rare kind of blue bear can be found chiefly in the national park that shares their name.
Fairbanks, Alaska
The collection includes seven one-of-a-kind automobiles, vintage fashion, and more.
Fairbanks, Alaska
The sculpture's largest spire points directly toward the North Star.
Chitina, Alaska
The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.
Anchorage, Alaska
A quirky roadside sign was the subject of a years-long legal standoff over highway right-of-way clearances.
Anchorage, Alaska
A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.
Skagway, Alaska
Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.
Fairbanks, Alaska
Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.
Wetumpka, Alabama
One of almost 200 confirmed impact craters in the entire world, untouched for tens of millions of years.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
The first space rock known to have struck a human.
Columbus, Georgia
Coca Cola may be "the real thing" but its inventor, buried at this Georgia gravesite, called it a "valuable brain tonic."
Columbus, Georgia
A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.
Seale, Alabama
A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.
Montgomery, Alabama
Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.
Montgomery, Alabama
Cadillac where country's first big star was found dead.
Birmingham, Alabama
A castle-inspired apartment building that has stood in Birmingham since 1927.
Huntsville, Alabama
This 19th-century hotel and spa hosted famous guests like like the Vanderbilt family, William Waldorf Astor, Helen Keller, and Jay Gould.