Places micheleshreeve Wants to Go

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

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

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

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

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

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

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

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

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

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

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

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

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

A rare kind of blue bear can be found chiefly in the national park that shares their name.

The ruins of this Alaska gold mine form a gorgeous ghost town.

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

This ghostly Alaska village still clings to a steep cliffside despite having been abandoned for over 50 years.

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

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

While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.

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

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

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

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