Fairbanks, Alaska
Aurora Express Bed & Breakfast
One woman's dream became a train hotel in her backyard.
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Fairbanks, Alaska
One woman's dream became a train hotel in her backyard.
Fairbanks, Alaska
Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.
Malakwa, British Columbia
An old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars.
Quilchena, British Columbia
A colorful collection of scavenged glass bells decorates this Canadian ranch.
Whistler, British Columbia
The remains of a Canadian train crash are now mouldering beneath layers of rust and graffiti.
Whistler, British Columbia
Home inspired by the crystal rock formation of the Emerald Estates.
Jasper, Alberta
The site of a strange super top-secret military experiment during WWII on a remote Canadian lake.
Improvement District No. 12, Alberta
Every fall this lake mysteriously drains, like a bathtub with the plug pulled out.
Kananaskis, Alberta
What was to be the world's most secure Cold War document vault ended up as just a few shallow caves.
Sanca, British Columbia
This house was largely built out of hundreds of thousands of discarded glass embalming fluid bottles.
Canmore, Alberta
The granite head appears to be deep in thought and half buried in the ground.
Canmore, Alberta
A small and quirky museum hidden inside a fence.
Bankhead, Alberta
The ruins of the "20-year town" lay out among the mountains of Alberta.
Banff, Alberta
A mysterious taxidermy man-beast of the seven seas.
Peachland, British Columbia
The large fjord lake is thought to be the home of "Ogopogo," a giant sea serpent.
Field, British Columbia
Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!
Kaslo, British Columbia
The "Crow Boat" of Kootenay Lake, sold for a dollar and now on display as "the world's oldest intact passenger sternwheeler."
Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia
Outsider art meets hard scrabble mountain life in this woodcarver's home/art piece.
Eldon, Alberta
Canada’s surprisingly controversial monument to Dwight Eisenhower.
Fairbanks, Alaska
North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."
Fairbanks, Alaska
A sarcastic monument threatens to curse any "idiot" who dares remove it.
Fairbanks, Alaska
A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.
Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador
The tiny airport in remote Newfoundland that inspired a hit musical is also a modernist architectural gem.
Anchorage, Alaska
While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.