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 rare kind of blue bear can be found chiefly in the national park that shares their name.

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

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

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

A museum devoted entirely to hammers has more than 1,400 items on display dating back to the Romans.

The oldest original lighthouse in Alaska that was born out of a tragic shipwreck.

A 30-mile-long glacially-carved canyon leads to a massive pair of glaciers.

Every summer, the Mendenhall River greenbelt comes alive with an explosion of magenta flowers.

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

The crumbling remains of Juneau's explosives storage site.

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

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

Impressive artifacts from Juneau's gold mining days fill this mining site-turned-museum.

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

Known as the “Official Greeter of Juneau,” this dog still welcomes ships and their passengers to Alaska.

One toy collector's legacy of hundreds of unique items includes the most diverse display of northern indigenous dolls.

Often mistaken for an office building, inside this venue is an amazing collection of Native Alaskan art.

The sculpture's largest spire points directly toward the North Star.

This mile marker stands at the unofficial end of a highway built to defend the United States from a Japanese invasion during World War II.

North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."

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

11,500 year old little girl found buried in an ancient fire pit.