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

This house of worship in the Arctic Circle is shaped like an igloo.

This greenhouse was once a hockey arena.

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

Roadside collection of 65,000 signs.

A mad mystery man who led Canadian mounties on a 150-mile wilderness chase is still buried with his secrets intact.

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

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

Impressive artifacts from Juneau's gold mining days fill this mining site-turned-museum.

On top of a sheet metal business in Juneau stand nearly a dozen charming Wizard of Oz statues.

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

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."

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

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

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

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.

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

A rare kind of blue bear can be found chiefly in the national park that shares their name.

A tiny wilderness cemetery commemorates the deadliest episode of the Klondike Gold Rush.

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

When the big city meets the edge of the frontier, log skyscrapers are born.