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

The oldest original lighthouse in Alaska that was born out of a tragic shipwreck.

Every summer, the Mendenhall River greenbelt comes alive with an explosion of magenta flowers.

Often mistaken for an office building, inside this venue is an amazing collection of Native Alaskan art.

Known as the “Official Greeter of Juneau,” this dog still welcomes ships and their passengers to Alaska.

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.

The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.

A historic area for shopping and dining in Ketchikan's former red-light district.

One of two side-by-side totem pole parks dedicated to educating visitors on Tlingit history and culture.

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

A limestone cave filled with impressive formations in Mole Creek Karst National Park.

Hidden within Sydney’s lush Royal Botanic Garden is a walled cactus rockery and the site of Australia's first zoo.

These flying foxes dangle from the trees around the library like fuzzy black fruit.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

Occult books, tarot, oddities.

A monument commemorating the antimony mine that once operated in this Melbourne suburb.

To commemorate a century of gold mining, this Australian city built a monument that features a replica of a 150-pound gold nugget found there in 1858.

The La Trobe Swing Bridge was the first movable bridge constructed in Victoria.

This abstract sculpture was initially so disliked that it got moved to the outskirts of town a few months after installation.

This unusual stone monument marks the starting point of the epic and tragic event.

This public art is inspired by a local Aboriginal creation story.

Commemorating the 19th-century labor movement in Australia.