The world's largest rotating world.

A monument commemorating the role of Alaska's native Tlingit guides in the Klondike Gold Rush.

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

Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.

Clean, cold drinking water flows from a nondescript pipe in a roadside rock face.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This frozen tunnel in central Alaska is both an engineering feat and a valuable climate classroom.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

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

The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

A roadside park in eastern Maine first marked the halfway point between the equator and North Pole with a brass pin in 1896.

The largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

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

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.