Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.

A monument commemorating the role of Alaska's native Tlingit guides in the Klondike Gold Rush.

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

This "Alaska-style" billboard is over 100 years old.

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

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

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 crumbling remains of Juneau's explosives storage site.

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

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

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

This exaggerated sculpture resembles a well known feature of Vancouver:

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

You can swim in these highly salty, mesmerizingly blue lakes in the Atacama Desert.

The largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere is a spectacular sight.

This 18th-century tower is locally iconic.

A massive display of meteorites all found in the Atacama Desert.

Built for the 1962 World Cup, this fully functioning botanical clock is still ticking.