The now-serene site of the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America.

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.

A tiny wilderness cemetery commemorates the deadliest episode of the Klondike Gold Rush.

When the big city meets the edge of the frontier, log skyscrapers are born.

This decommissioned DC-3 now forever points into the oncoming wind.

A monument commemorating the role of Alaska's native Tlingit guides in the Klondike Gold Rush.

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 facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.

Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.

This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.

The picturesque remains of an abandoned silver mine slope down to Tagish Lake in the Yukon.

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

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

This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.

True to his word, George Swanson is buried in his white 1984 Corvette.

This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.

Once the most painted on object in the world, this short campus fence is well on its way to being so again.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

A portion of the old Pirates stadium over which a defining home run once flew still stands even after the rest of the stadium was torn down.

Hundreds of protractors affixed to surfaces all over the city.

This quarter-mile tunnel under the Bluff in Pittsburgh bends at a 45-degree angle.

Despite being stolen multiple times, this civic electrician's street corner Snoopy won't be stopped.

The last remnants of Fort Pitt also hold the distinction of being the oldest structure west of the Allegheny Mountains.