Clean, cold drinking water flows from a nondescript pipe in a roadside rock face.

One toy collector's legacy of hundreds of unique items includes the most diverse display of northern indigenous dolls.

This super-sized statue is the only public memorial to the deal that ended America's neutrality during World War II.

The cultural center preserves the history of the Tlingit tribe, who have lived in this Alaska village for more than 10,000 years.

This remote fort on the Yukon River is a vestige of the wild Alaska gold rush.

A sarcastic monument threatens to curse any "idiot" who dares remove it.

The remains of the first saint from Alaska in the Russian Orthodox Church.

Permanent exhibit reminds visitors of the Exxon Valdez.

This Alaska library may be the only one in the country that allows you to check out pieces of taxidermy.

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

The northernmost international land border crossing in the United States.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

This junkyard made over as a theme park is the "Most Alaskan place in Alaska."

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

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

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

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