Dawson City, Yukon
The Sourtoe Cocktail
A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.
Places I've been
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Dawson City, Yukon
A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.
Eagle, Alaska
The northernmost international land border crossing in the United States.
Fairbanks, Alaska
A hulking remnant of Alaska's industrial gold mining boom in the 1920s.
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."
Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.
Cantwell, Alaska
Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.
Chitina, Alaska
At 238 feet above the bottom of a gorge this span is known as the biggest thrill on the road to McCarthy.
Chitina, Alaska
The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.
Homer, Alaska
Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.
Palmer, Alaska
This abandoned mine offers a glimpse at what life was like for those who came to Alaska seeking Gold Rush riches.
Palmer, Alaska
The only house built with a turret, crenellations, and a moat in Palmer, Alaska.
Palmer, Alaska
An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.
Wasilla, Alaska
Siberian husky that delivered a life-saving antitoxin.
Whittier, Alaska
The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.
Anchorage, Alaska
Internationally recognized group that works to protect the wolf and educate the public about its plight.
Anchorage, Alaska
Clean, cold drinking water flows from a nondescript pipe in a roadside rock face.
Anchorage, Alaska
During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.
Anchorage, Alaska
A suburban street in Anchorage doubles as a runway, and each home has its own airplane hangar.
Anchorage, Alaska
Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.
Las Vegas, Nevada
An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.
Goodsprings, Nevada
The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.