Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

One of two side-by-side totem pole parks dedicated to educating visitors on Tlingit history and culture.

The northernmost international land border crossing in the United States.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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."

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

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

The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.

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

Don't be a grizzly man. Get personal with Alaska's wild bears from the safety of this conservationist camp.

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

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

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.