This landmark church at the Flathead Reservation mission features 58 ceiling and wall frescoes painted by the mission's cook.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

This house was largely built out of hundreds of thousands of discarded glass embalming fluid bottles.

The "Crow Boat" of Kootenay Lake, sold for a dollar and now on display as "the world's oldest intact passenger sternwheeler."

A roadside attraction fit for a giant.

This natural wonder is disappearing at an alarming rate.

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!

The natural hot spring that was integral to the creation of Canada's first national park.

A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.

With a floor made of thick glass, this observation deck offers a full view of Sunwapta Valley's mountains and rivers.

The arch marks the beginning of the road for northbound travelers.

The first curved wooden bridge in Canada was built as part of the Alaska-Canada Highway.

Home to vintage vehicles and local artifacts, this museum also houses a rare taxidermy specimen.

Permanent exhibit reminds visitors of the Exxon Valdez.

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

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

An auroral research program that superheats the ionosphere.

The easternmost town in Alaska can only be accessed from Canada.

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

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

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

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

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

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