Places iblang Wants to Go

This free series of exhibitions honors the fascinating history of the region.

This mile marker stands at the unofficial end of a highway built to defend the United States from a Japanese invasion during World War II.

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

North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."

This gravelly, dangerous highway is the only road in the United States that leads to the Arctic Ocean.

The stickered marker pinpoints where the only maintained road in the United States crosses into the polar region.

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

This often-overlooked canyon dazzles and intrigues with its many layers of colors, shapes and odd formations.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

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

Pay homage to a preeminent matriarch, and the native Dena’ina people, at this sculpture installation in Anchorage.

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

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.

This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.

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

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

Every summer, the Mendenhall River greenbelt comes alive with an explosion of magenta flowers.

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.

Roadside collection of 65,000 signs.

Home to vintage vehicles and local artifacts, this museum also houses a rare taxidermy specimen.

The first curved wooden bridge in Canada was built as part of the Alaska-Canada Highway.

The arch marks the beginning of the road for northbound travelers.

Thousand-year-old trees tower within one of the world's only inland temperate rainforests.

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