Places Pengwn Wants to Go

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

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

A suburban street in Anchorage doubles as a runway, and each home has its own airplane hangar.

Hauntingly beautiful totem poles left by the Haida.

The stunning remnants of this wreck emerge from an otherworldly backdrop of rainforests.

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

A skeletal collection of former nautical mainstays.

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

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

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

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

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

A museum devoted entirely to hammers has more than 1,400 items on display dating back to the Romans.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

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

This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.

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.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

A colorful collection of scavenged glass bells decorates this Canadian ranch.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

The remains of a Canadian train crash are now mouldering beneath layers of rust and graffiti.