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Bottineau, North Dakota

Tommy the Turtle

The world's tallest turtle riding the world's largest snowmobile.
Added by sdoneski18
Wahpeton, North Dakota

Tent Pole Monument to Circus Dead

On the windswept Dakota plains there is a memorial to circus workers who were struck down by lightning.
Richard Peevers Added by Richard Peevers
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Isa Lake

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
bgbaum Added by bgbaum
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Old Faithful Geyser

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.
Mark Casey Added by Mark Casey
Cody, Wyoming

Smith Mansion

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.
musikazeek Added by musikazeek
Aladdin, Wyoming

Aladdin Coal Tipple

The crumbling structure is a rare surviving relic of the area's bygone mining industry.
breaingram Added by breaingram
Eastend, Saskatchewan

T.rex Discovery Centre

Built after the 1991 discovery of one of the world's most complete T.rex skeletons in the nearby hills.
Added by airplanejayne
Edmonton, Alberta

Alberta Railway Museum

Ride aboard a centuries-year-old steam engine and explore dozens of trains parts, including an unusual "comboose."
elinar Added by elinar
Whitehorse, Yukon

Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre

Home to a full cast of the largest woolly mammoth ever recovered in North America. 
Erin Everywhere Added by Erin Everywhere
Gakona, Alaska

H.A.A.R.P.

An auroral research program that superheats the ionosphere.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Fairbanks, Alaska

Blue Babe

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

Kennicott Ghost Town

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.
varvara shishok Added by varvara shishok
Chitina, Alaska

Kuskulana River Bridge

At 238 feet above the bottom of a gorge this span is known as the biggest thrill on the road to McCarthy.
varvara shishok Added by varvara shishok
Fairbanks, Alaska

Poker Flat Research Range

Research missiles and rainbow auroras at the world's largest land-based rocket range.
Added by minilaura
Fairbanks, Alaska

Lend-Lease Monument

This super-sized statue is the only public memorial to the deal that ended America's neutrality during World War II.
jbartlett2000 Added by jbartlett2000
Eagle, Alaska

Poker Creek

The northernmost international land border crossing in the United States.
Edward Denny Added by Edward Denny
Eagle, Alaska

Fort Egbert

This remote fort on the Yukon River is a vestige of the wild Alaska gold rush.
Edward Denny Added by Edward Denny
Chicken, Alaska

Chicken of Chicken, Alaska

A giant poultry statue immortalizes one of Alaska's more humorous town names.
Kael Knight Added by Kael Knight
Dawson City, Yukon

Paddlewheel Graveyard

A skeletal collection of former nautical mainstays.
Added by mckennafamily
Whitehorse, Yukon

Log Skyscrapers of Whitehorse

When the big city meets the edge of the frontier, log skyscrapers are born.
Added by Liz Hargreaves
Whitehorse, Yukon

The World's Largest Weathervane, a DC-3

This decommissioned DC-3 now forever points into the oncoming wind.
Added by yukoncornelius
Watson Lake, Yukon

Watson Lake Sign Post Forest

Roadside collection of 65,000 signs.
atimian Added by atimian
Vegreville, Alberta

The Vegreville Pysanka

Possibly the world’s easiest Easter-egg hunt.
Added by Bee
Mundare, Alberta

The World's Largest Sausage

Massive kielbasa stands 42 feet tall and weighs in at 12,000 pounds.
canuck Added by canuck