Places exploringwithesch Wants to Go

Siberian husky that delivered a life-saving antitoxin.

A suburban street in Anchorage doubles as a runway, and each home has its own airplane hangar.

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

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

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

Research missiles and rainbow auroras at the world's largest land-based rocket range.

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

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

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

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

This junkyard made over as a theme park is the "Most Alaskan place in Alaska."

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

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

The simple log cabin of a famed loner and naturalist stands preserved as a symbol of the ultimate DIY lifestyle.

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

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

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

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

While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.

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

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

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

This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.

This ghostly Alaska village still clings to a steep cliffside despite having been abandoned for over 50 years.