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

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

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

This ghostly Alaska village still clings to a steep cliffside despite having been abandoned for over 50 years.

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

This WWII-era military installation once held an entire city within its walls - now, its walls are falling down.

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

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

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

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

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

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

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

This frozen tunnel in central Alaska is both an engineering feat and a valuable climate classroom.

Gorgeous cave resemble a winter wonderland.

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

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

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

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

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.

Visit a replica of the estate where Aaron Burr allegedly plotted a treasonous scheme against the United States.

The tragic reality of a town riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.