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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gorgeous cave resemble a winter wonderland.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This monument marks the beginning journey of a wounded soldier's leg that ended up almost two states away.

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

A private residence adorned with a gorgeous mural dedicated to the buzzing insect.

Just outside the Ohio Supreme Court sits a testament to justice.

Tucked away in a corner of a Maine general store there was a museum devoted to an equally beloved and reviled local soft drink.

On Hurricane Island, a former ghost town has been transformed into a forward-thinking research center.