Mysterious ancient petroglyphs carved on a glacial boulder at the tip of Bainbridge Island.

Clean, cold drinking water flows from a nondescript pipe in a roadside rock face.

In the middle of the Alaskan wilderness, lies a train trestle to nowhere.

A quirky roadside sign was the subject of a years-long legal standoff over highway right-of-way clearances. 

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

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

This Alaskan town appoints the general store's resident feline as honorary mayor.

One of Alaska's most significant ancient sites, spanning millennia and cultures, is right under the feet of some famously fat bears.

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

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.

In 1912, this idyllic Alaska landscape was blown apart in the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.

The remains of the first saint from Alaska in the Russian Orthodox Church.

Permanent exhibit reminds visitors of the Exxon Valdez.

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.

The northernmost truck stop in the United States.

This gravelly, dangerous highway is the only road in the United States that leads to the Arctic Ocean.

The cultural center preserves the history of the Tlingit tribe, who have lived in this Alaska village for more than 10,000 years.

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

This abandoned mine offers a glimpse at what life was like for those who came to Alaska seeking Gold Rush riches.

This Alaska library may be the only one in the country that allows you to check out pieces of taxidermy.

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

Alaska Natives have lived on this tiny isolated island in the Bering Strait for over 5,000 years.

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

The simple log cabin of a famed loner and naturalist stands preserved as a symbol of the ultimate DIY lifestyle.