At 238 feet above the bottom of a gorge this span is known as the biggest thrill on the road to McCarthy.

This gravelly, dangerous highway is the only road in the United States that leads to the Arctic Ocean.

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

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

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

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

Permanent exhibit reminds visitors of the Exxon Valdez.

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

A giant poultry statue immortalizes one of Alaska's more humorous town names.

A quirky roadside sign was the subject of a years-long legal standoff over highway right-of-way clearances. 

During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.

Clean, cold drinking water flows from a nondescript pipe in a roadside rock face.

A suburban street in Anchorage doubles as a runway, and each home has its own airplane hangar.

The northernmost truck stop in the United States.

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

This Alaska library may be the only one in the country that allows you to check out pieces of taxidermy.

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

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

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

Pay homage to a preeminent matriarch, and the native Dena’ina people, at this sculpture installation in Anchorage.

See a full-scale whale skeleton and experience the captivating culture of Alaska’s Native people at this heritage center in east Anchorage.

Tour a Cold War-era U.S. military missile launch site in Anchorage.

Internationally recognized group that works to protect the wolf and educate the public about its plight.

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