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Hauntingly beautiful totem poles left by the Haida.

The stunning remnants of this wreck emerge from an otherworldly backdrop of rainforests.

This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

This shrine to the patron saint of Alaska sits on a small tidal island and was built from the land’s own beach stones.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

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

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

At 238 feet above the bottom of a gorge this span is known as the biggest thrill on the road to McCarthy.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

An auroral research program that superheats the ionosphere.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

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

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

North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

Research missiles and rainbow auroras at the world's largest land-based rocket range.

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

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.

The simple log cabin of a famed loner and naturalist stands preserved as a symbol of the ultimate DIY lifestyle.

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

The remains of the first saint from Alaska in the Russian Orthodox Church.