Juneau, Alaska
Aunt Claudia's Dolls, a Museum
One toy collector's legacy of hundreds of unique items includes the most diverse display of northern indigenous dolls.
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Juneau, Alaska
One toy collector's legacy of hundreds of unique items includes the most diverse display of northern indigenous dolls.
Juneau, Alaska
Impressive artifacts from Juneau's gold mining days fill this mining site-turned-museum.
Juneau, Alaska
On top of a sheet metal business in Juneau stand nearly a dozen charming Wizard of Oz statues.
Juneau, Alaska
Every summer, the Mendenhall River greenbelt comes alive with an explosion of magenta flowers.
Juneau, Alaska
Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."
Juneau, Alaska
A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.
Juneau, Alaska
This shrine to the patron saint of Alaska sits on a small tidal island and was built from the land’s own beach stones.
Alaska
The oldest original lighthouse in Alaska that was born out of a tragic shipwreck.
Skagway, Alaska
This "Alaska-style" billboard is over 100 years old.
Skagway, Alaska
The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.
Skagway, Alaska
A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.
Skagway, Alaska
Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.
Skagway, Alaska
A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.
Skagway, Alaska
A monument commemorating the role of Alaska's native Tlingit guides in the Klondike Gold Rush.
Skagway, Alaska
A tiny wilderness cemetery commemorates the deadliest episode of the Klondike Gold Rush.
Carcross, Yukon
This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.
Dawson City, Yukon
A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.
Dawson City, Yukon
A skeletal collection of former nautical mainstays.
Eagle, Alaska
The northernmost international land border crossing in the United States.
Eagle, Alaska
This remote fort on the Yukon River is a vestige of the wild Alaska gold rush.
Chicken, Alaska
A giant poultry statue immortalizes one of Alaska's more humorous town names.
Fairbanks, Alaska
Once the center of Gold Rush mania, now the starting point for the Yukon Quest sled dog race.
Fairbanks, Alaska
This mile marker stands at the unofficial end of a highway built to defend the United States from a Japanese invasion during World War II.
Fairbanks, Alaska
North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."