Skagway, Alaska
The Golden North Hotel
A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.
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Skagway, Alaska
A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.
Skagway, Alaska
Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.
Skagway, Alaska
A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.
Skagway, Alaska
A monument commemorating the role of Alaska's native Tlingit guides in the Klondike Gold Rush.
Haines, Alaska
A museum devoted entirely to hammers has more than 1,400 items on display dating back to the Romans.
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.
Whittier, Alaska
The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.
Anchorage, Alaska
During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.
Anchorage, Alaska
The now-serene site of the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America.
Anchorage, Alaska
See a full-scale whale skeleton and experience the captivating culture of Alaska’s Native people at this heritage center in east Anchorage.
Anchorage, Alaska
Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.
Kodiak, Alaska
The remains of the first saint from Alaska in the Russian Orthodox Church.
Homer, Alaska
Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.
Whittier, Alaska
Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.
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
In the middle of the Alaskan wilderness, lies a train trestle to nowhere.
Chitina, Alaska
The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.
Valdez, Alaska
Permanent exhibit reminds visitors of the Exxon Valdez.
Whittier, Alaska
This WWII-era military installation once held an entire city within its walls - now, its walls are falling down.
Whittier, Alaska
This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.
Durango, Colorado
This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.
Durango, Colorado
A multicolored mineral mound dribbles piping hot spring water right off the side of a highway.
Wasilla, Alaska
Siberian husky that delivered a life-saving antitoxin.