Places janepeytonjohnson Wants to Go

The cultural center preserves the history of the Tlingit tribe, who have lived in this Alaska village for more than 10,000 years.

Permanent exhibit reminds visitors of the Exxon Valdez.

11,500 year old little girl found buried in an ancient fire pit.

The northernmost international land border crossing in the United States.

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

The easternmost town in Alaska can only be accessed from Canada.

The site of one of Japan's very few American occupations during World War II still holds the relics of a roundly disastrous campaign.

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

The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.

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

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

One woman's dream became a train hotel in her backyard.

One toy collector's legacy of hundreds of unique items includes the most diverse display of northern indigenous dolls.

On top of a sheet metal business in Juneau stand nearly a dozen charming Wizard of Oz statues.

Alaska Natives have lived on this tiny isolated island in the Bering Strait for over 5,000 years.

This general store is a one-stop-shop for workers at the Prudhoe Bay oil field.

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

The northernmost truck stop in the United States.

Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

A valley of unique erosion patterns lends to a view like nothing on Earth.

In La Paz's huge, city-sized cemetery, the deceased are stored in rows of apartment-like buildings.