The beginning of the historic Iditarod Trail connecting the Alaskan cities of Seward and Nome.

Pay homage to a preeminent matriarch, and the native Dena’ina people, at this sculpture installation in Anchorage.

This mile marker stands at the unofficial end of a highway built to defend the United States from a Japanese invasion during World War II.

The site of the notorious Camp Sumter Prison is now a peaceful memorial.

The sculpture's largest spire points directly toward the North Star.

This super-sized statue is the only public memorial to the deal that ended America's neutrality during World War II.

The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.

Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.

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

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.