Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

The northernmost truck stop in the United States.

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

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

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.

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

A hulking remnant of Alaska's industrial gold mining boom in the 1920s.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

A copy of the famous bus used during the filming of 'Into the Wild' is on display at an Alaska brewery.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

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

This Alaskan town appoints the general store's resident feline as honorary mayor.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

This abandoned mine offers a glimpse at what life was like for those who came to Alaska seeking Gold Rush riches.

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

See a full-scale whale skeleton and experience the captivating culture of Alaska’s Native people at this heritage center in east Anchorage.

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.

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

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

The now-serene site of the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America.

While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.

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

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