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

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

The collection includes seven one-of-a-kind automobiles, vintage fashion, and more.

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

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

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

This Alaskan town appoints the general store's resident feline as honorary mayor.

See a full-scale whale skeleton and experience the captivating culture of Alaska’s Native people at this heritage center in east Anchorage.

This WWII-era military installation once held an entire city within its walls - now, its walls are falling down.

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.

A quirky roadside sign was the subject of a years-long legal standoff over highway right-of-way clearances. 

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

Open day and night, a church with three pews and Bibles.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

A marvel of engineering built to prevent annual floods from devastating the city of Winnipeg.

The world’s first museum dedicated to exploring human rights unleashed a wave of controversy.

Canada's accused-traitor-turned-folk-hero is buried under a red stone in a ring of his own.

A standalone wonder amid the prairie badlands of southeastern Alberta.

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

Roadside collection of 65,000 signs.

The picturesque remains of an abandoned silver mine slope down to Tagish Lake in the Yukon.

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

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