Places Mama Shotts Wants to Go

Every summer, the Mendenhall River greenbelt comes alive with an explosion of magenta flowers.

The oldest original lighthouse in Alaska that was born out of a tragic shipwreck.

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

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

11,500 year old little girl found buried in an ancient fire pit.

The northernmost international land border crossing in the United States.

Known as the “Official Greeter of Juneau,” this dog still welcomes ships and their passengers to Alaska.

A sarcastic monument threatens to curse any "idiot" who dares remove it.

A tiny wilderness cemetery commemorates the deadliest episode of the Klondike Gold Rush.

One of two side-by-side totem pole parks dedicated to educating visitors on Tlingit history and culture.

The site of one of Japan's very few American occupations during World War II still holds the relics of a roundly disastrous campaign.

America's smallest "national forest" has only 33 trees.

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

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

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

Siberian husky that delivered a life-saving antitoxin.

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

This junkyard made over as a theme park is the "Most Alaskan place in Alaska."

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

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

Low tide reveals 8,000-year-old rock carvings in Southern Alaska.

The stickered marker pinpoints where the only maintained road in the United States crosses into the polar region.

The easternmost town in Alaska can only be accessed from Canada.

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.