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.

Once the center of Gold Rush mania, now the starting point for the Yukon Quest sled dog race.

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

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

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

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.

This decommissioned DC-3 now forever points into the oncoming wind.

When the big city meets the edge of the frontier, log skyscrapers are born.

The arch marks the beginning of the road for northbound travelers.

The first curved wooden bridge in Canada was built as part of the Alaska-Canada Highway.

Population: three people, two dogs, and one old grouch.

This 20-foot-tall sculpture is in honor of the herd of bighorn sheep that call Radium Hot Springs home.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

Try the alligator at this fondue spot, which has been catering to "lovers and hedonists" since 1967.

The natural hot spring that was integral to the creation of Canada's first national park.

Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.

Canada’s surprisingly controversial monument to Dwight Eisenhower.

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

In 1909, the steepest and most difficult piece of track on the Canadian Pacific Railway was replaced with a series of spiralling tunnels cut into the mountains.

A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.

During World War II, over 13,000 people of Japanese ancestry were forcibly removed from their homes and incarcerated in this camp in the Idaho desert.

This U.S. natural reserve is an ancient spiritual place and rock climber’s paradise.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.