Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."

The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A diminutive memorial marks the site of a successful assassination by a right-wing death squad in America's capital.

A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.

The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

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

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

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.

Siberian husky that delivered a life-saving antitoxin.

Don't be a grizzly man. Get personal with Alaska's wild bears from the safety of this conservationist camp.

One of two side-by-side totem pole parks dedicated to educating visitors on Tlingit history and culture.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

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

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.

America's smallest "national forest" has only 33 trees.

The site of one of Japan's very few American occupations during World War II still holds the relics of a roundly disastrous campaign.