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

The only house built with a turret, crenellations, and a moat in Palmer, Alaska.

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

Research missiles and rainbow auroras at the world's largest land-based rocket range.

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

Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.

A rare kind of blue bear can be found chiefly in the national park that shares their name.

Here, cows that make vodka are treated like celebrities.

This popular fishing spot at the outflow of a 4.5-mile long hydroelectric tunnel sports a jetty literally made out of classic cars.

The largest collection of ornamental hair combs on the planet.

This remote fort on the Yukon River is a vestige of the wild Alaska gold rush.

The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

One woman's dream became a train hotel in her backyard.

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