Cantwell, Alaska
Igloo City
Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.
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Cantwell, Alaska
Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.
Anchorage, Alaska
A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.
Anchorage, Alaska
Pay homage to a preeminent matriarch, and the native Dena’ina people, at this sculpture installation in Anchorage.
Skagway, Alaska
This "Alaska-style" billboard is over 100 years old.
Skagway, Alaska
Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.
Skagway, Alaska
The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.
Skagway, Alaska
A monument commemorating the role of Alaska's native Tlingit guides in the Klondike Gold Rush.
Skagway, Alaska
A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.
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.
Juneau, Alaska
A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.
Juneau, Alaska
Known as the “Official Greeter of Juneau,” this dog still welcomes ships and their passengers to Alaska.
Juneau, Alaska
One toy collector's legacy of hundreds of unique items includes the most diverse display of northern indigenous dolls.
Juneau, Alaska
Often mistaken for an office building, inside this venue is an amazing collection of Native Alaskan art.
Wrangell, Alaska
Low tide reveals 8,000-year-old rock carvings in Southern Alaska.
Juneau, Alaska
A 30-mile-long glacially-carved canyon leads to a massive pair of glaciers.
Ketchikan, Alaska
A historic area for shopping and dining in Ketchikan's former red-light district.
Niigata, Japan
Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.
Vancouver, British Columbia
An effigy of Vancouver's Gastown neighorhood's namesake.
Vancouver, British Columbia
At just six feet two inches deep, it is said by Guiness and Ripley to be the world’s narrowest freestanding office building.
Vancouver, British Columbia
This mundane shopping plaza is named after a gruesome piece of flotsam.
Vancouver, British Columbia
The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.
Vancouver, British Columbia
A hat for every occasion can be found in this British Columbia haunt.
Vancouver, British Columbia
This quirky piece of naval artillery has been deafening Canadians for over a century.
Vancouver, British Columbia
A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.