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

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

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

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

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

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

At 238 feet above the bottom of a gorge this span is known as the biggest thrill on the road to McCarthy.

Often mistaken for an office building, inside this venue is an amazing collection of Native Alaskan art.

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

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

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

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

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

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.

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

North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."

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

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

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

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

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

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

Local stories say that if you drink from this well, you will return to Olympia.