Impressive artifacts from Juneau's gold mining days fill this mining site-turned-museum.

One toy collector's legacy of hundreds of unique items includes the most diverse display of northern indigenous dolls.

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

This Alaska library may be the only one in the country that allows you to check out pieces of taxidermy.

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

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

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

The sculpture's largest spire points directly toward the North Star.

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

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

Internationally recognized group that works to protect the wolf and educate the public about its plight.

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

An abandoned aircraft sits submerged in a lake in the Alaska wilderness.

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

One woman's dream became a train hotel in her backyard.

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

The ruins of this Alaska gold mine form a gorgeous ghost town.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

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

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

This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.

A once-glowing grotto at the bottom of Waikapalae Wet Cave.