All that remains of this once-booming mining town are the ruins of a saloon.

This nearly abandoned town was once a thriving mining community until a series of fires.

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

Colorado's only true geyser is hidden within the San Juan National Forest.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Mining caused an asbestos emergency in this small town.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

This gravelly, dangerous highway is the only road in the United States that leads to the Arctic Ocean.

This general store is a one-stop-shop for workers at the Prudhoe Bay oil field.

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

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

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

The stickered marker pinpoints where the only maintained road in the United States crosses into the polar region.

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

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

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

Hidden in the Chihuahuan Desert resides an amazing collection of petroglyphs.

A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.