The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

This cliff-face port is considered a masterpiece of mining engineering.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

The headquarters of the prestigious World Food Prize celebrates the heroes in the fight against hunger, has no cafeteria.

The oldest university museum west of the Mississippi retains its 19th century feel.

A small museum celebrating the work of a Mississippi artist who had a unique connection with the natural world.

In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.

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

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

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.

The largest collection of ornamental hair combs on the planet.

Permanent exhibit reminds visitors of the Exxon Valdez.

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

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

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

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

A hulking remnant of Alaska's industrial gold mining boom in the 1920s.

This frozen tunnel in central Alaska is both an engineering feat and a valuable climate classroom.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

This free series of exhibitions honors the fascinating history of the region.