Juneau, Alaska
Mendenhall Glacier
A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.
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Juneau, Alaska
A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.
Skagway, Alaska
A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.
Fairbanks, Alaska
The sculpture's largest spire points directly toward the North Star.
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
Research missiles and rainbow auroras at the world's largest land-based rocket range.
Healy, Alaska
A copy of the famous bus used during the filming of 'Into the Wild' is on display at an Alaska brewery.
Dildo, Newfoundland and Labrador
This oddly named town refuses to change its phallic moniker.
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
The first transatlantic wireless signal was received at this 17th-century fort.
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
A World War II gun battery sits at the easternmost point of North America.
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
A massive skeleton suspended in the Memorial University of Newfoundland's Core Science Facility.
Montreal, Québec
A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.
Silver Islet, Ontario
The site of one of the most profitable silver mines in the world, reclaimed by Lake Superior.
Lorette, Manitoba
This strangely specific landmark will let travelers know when they are half way there.
Rosser, Manitoba
Mysterious concrete spires left on a small Canadian hill.
Cochin, Saskatchewan
The unusual lighthouse looms over waves of prairies with no sea in sight.
Lloydminster, Alberta
This Canadian city is actually two-in-one, even if they only respect the timezone of one side.
Alberta
A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.
Watson Lake, Yukon
Roadside collection of 65,000 signs.
Improvement District No. 12, Alberta
Every fall this lake mysteriously drains, like a bathtub with the plug pulled out.
Carcross, Yukon
This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.
Tagish, Yukon
The picturesque remains of an abandoned silver mine slope down to Tagish Lake in the Yukon.
Skagway, Alaska
A monument commemorating the role of Alaska's native Tlingit guides in the Klondike Gold Rush.
Skagway, Alaska
This "Alaska-style" billboard is over 100 years old.
Skagway, Alaska
The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.