Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

No matter how many times this community-run sauna gets destroyed, it always rises from the ashes.

Known as the site of 'El Dorado,' this mysterious lake is rumored to hold gold beneath its waters.

The most northerly active sand dunes in the world have some very rare botanical residents.

The world's largest and most outstanding marl lake regularly changes color.

Roadside collection of 65,000 signs.

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

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

The remains of the first saint from Alaska in the Russian Orthodox Church.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This WWII-era military installation once held an entire city within its walls - now, its walls are falling down.

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

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

Permanent exhibit reminds visitors of the Exxon Valdez.

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

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

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

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

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

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