Places vplunetta Wants to Go

This is the second-oldest rail tunnel in the United States that is still in use today.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

Visitors to Salt Springs State Park are encouraged to literally put their two cents in Penny Rock.

Once the center of Gold Rush mania, now the starting point for the Yukon Quest sled dog race.

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.

This free series of exhibitions honors the fascinating history of the region.

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

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

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.

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

On top of a sheet metal business in Juneau stand nearly a dozen charming Wizard of Oz statues.

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

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

The Native American leader is commemorated by a sculpture by Peter Toth.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

One man's vision and a labor of love of many.

The museum displays the life work of the great clown spanning a career of 70 years in movies, television, radio and his paintings.

Steel rings embedded in rock enable hikers to ascend a picturesque slot canyon in the Mojave Preserve.

The childhood home of the award-winning novelist and short story writer.

Collapsed charcoal kilns in the Spring Mountains of southern Nevada.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.