Skagway, Alaska
The Golden North Hotel
A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.
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Skagway, Alaska
A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.
Barrow, Alaska
The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.
Northwest Arctic, Alaska
Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.
Anchorage, Alaska
While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.
Ketchikan, Alaska
This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.
Whittier, Alaska
This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.
Fairbanks, Alaska
One woman's dream became a train hotel in her backyard.
North Pole, Alaska
A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.
Juneau, Alaska
A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.
Fairbanks, Alaska
This frozen tunnel in central Alaska is both an engineering feat and a valuable climate classroom.
Yakutat, Alaska
Gorgeous cave resemble a winter wonderland.
Chitina, Alaska
The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.
Juneau, Alaska
Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.
Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.
Fairbanks, Alaska
Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.
Juneau, Alaska
Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."
Talkeetna, Alaska
This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
This monument marks the beginning journey of a wounded soldier's leg that ended up almost two states away.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A private residence adorned with a gorgeous mural dedicated to the buzzing insect.
Columbus, Ohio
Just outside the Ohio Supreme Court sits a testament to justice.
Lisbon, Maine
Tucked away in a corner of a Maine general store there was a museum devoted to an equally beloved and reviled local soft drink.
Rockland, Maine
On Hurricane Island, a former ghost town has been transformed into a forward-thinking research center.
Biddeford, Maine
A mural of a boy making a phone call connects a southern Maine community to a town in Iraq.