Installed as a beacon of hope for a hurricane-racked island, the statue had to be moved multiple times due to the eroding coast.

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

A miscalculation turns a very shallow freshwater lake into a very deep saltwater lake.

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."

This junkyard made over as a theme park is the "Most Alaskan place in Alaska."

The cultural center preserves the history of the Tlingit tribe, who have lived in this Alaska village for more than 10,000 years.

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

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

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

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

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

A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.

This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.

This outdoor observatory offers stellar views and a scale model of our solar system.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

Mexican food and folk art.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.