Drumheller in Alberta is Canada's dinosaur capital — Royal Tyrrell Museum ranks among the world's top 10 palaeontology museums. A guide with 10 tips: hoodoos, Atlas Coal Mine, Last Chance Saloon, Dinosaur Provincial Park (UNESCO), and day trip ideas from Calgary.

Homer Alaska sits at the very end of Sterling Highway — beyond it, there's nothing but deep ocean. This End of the Road on the Kenai Peninsula is home to Homer Spit, the Salty Dawg Saloon, Kachemak Bay State Park, and fly-out bear viewing trips to Katmai. A practical guide for 2026.

Thanks to the 2024–2026 solar maximum, Alberta is experiencing the best northern lights viewing conditions in 11 years. Jasper is the world's second-largest Dark Sky Preserve. Here's our guide with 8 top spots, apps, and photo tips for freezing nights under the stars.

Haines and Skagway sit on the Inside Passage in Southeast Alaska, each with its own distinct soul. Haines is peaceful, brimming with bald eagles and the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, while Skagway breathes Klondike Gold Rush history — historic facades, the White Pass Railway and the Chilkoot Trail. A practical 2026 guide.

Gates of the Arctic is the most remote and least visited national park in the USA. No roads, campgrounds, or trails — you can only get here by bush plane from the tiny settlements of Bettles or Coldfoot. Caribou migrations, the Arctic Circle, and wilderness in its purest form. A practical 2026 guide.

Wrangell-St. Elias is the largest national park in the USA — six times bigger than Yellowstone. A single gravel road leads to the tiny settlement of McCarthy. Nearby, Matanuska Glacier offers guided ice walks, Valdez boasts glacier waterfalls and the start of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Raw, rugged Alaska at its finest.