Places NixOfNowhere Wants to Go

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.

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

Siberian husky that delivered a life-saving antitoxin.

An auroral research program that superheats the ionosphere.

The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.

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

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

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.

The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.

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

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

Internationally recognized group that works to protect the wolf and educate the public about its plight.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

One woman's dream became a train hotel in her backyard.

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

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