Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

The beginning of the historic Iditarod Trail connecting the Alaskan cities of Seward and Nome.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Low tide reveals 8,000-year-old rock carvings in Southern Alaska.

The stickered marker pinpoints where the only maintained road in the United States crosses into the polar region.

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.

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

Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.

One woman's dream became a train hotel in her backyard.

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

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

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