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Buckner Building
Permanently Closed

Whittier, Alaska

Buckner Building

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

The Great Kobuk Sand Dunes.

Northwest Arctic, Alaska

Great Kobuk Sand Dunes

Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.

The wood and tin portions of the dredge were consumed by the fire. Only the ghostly steel structure remains.

Fairbanks, Alaska

Chatanika Gold Dredge #3

A hulking remnant of Alaska's industrial gold mining boom in the 1920s.

Lady of the Lake

North Pole, Alaska

Lady of the Lake

An abandoned aircraft sits submerged in a lake in the Alaska wilderness.

Igloo City

Cantwell, Alaska

Igloo City

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

Dr. Seuss House

Talkeetna, Alaska

Dr. Seuss House aka The Goose Creek Tower

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

No. 1 Bunkhouse

Palmer, Alaska

Independence Mine

This abandoned mine offers a glimpse at what life was like for those who came to Alaska seeking Gold Rush riches.

The first bunker you'll discover, they only get better.

Wasilla, Alaska

Goose Bay (Knik Arm) Nike Site

Cold War missile site at high alert during the Cuban Missile Crisis, now a post-apocalyptic backdrop.

The old cars look out over the Knik River to the Talkeetna Mountains.

Palmer, Alaska

Eklutna Tailrace

This popular fishing spot at the outflow of a 4.5-mile long hydroelectric tunnel sports a jetty literally made out of classic cars.

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