Alaska

Alaska
Anchorage
Harriman Fjord
Black Sand Beach
Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum (mail planes, flying boats)
Cook Inlet (nature trail)
trolleys (free)
Mulcahy Stadium (baseball)
Bird Point (bore tides)
Alaska state-owned railroad system (view, forests, mountains, glaciers, animals, rivers; Anchorage to Fairbanks, to Seward, to Whittier)
Humpy's (fresh seafood, salmon cakes, reindeer sausage)

Cordova
Lighthouse B&B (wood-fired cookies)?
Lighthouse Inn (chocolate coconut cookie)?


Fairbanks
Yukon River (float trip from Eagle)
Hairy Chest and Legs Contest
Rubber Duck Race
Dog Mushing Museum
University of Alaska Museum (culture and geography)
Route 11 (the most northerly highway in North America: 400 miles to Beaufort Sea--Yukon River Bridge; Coldfoot Camp--truck stop, motel)
Alaska Railroad (coach travel: everything but the dome car view, south from Fairbanks to Denali, reboard for Anchorage, then to Seward)



Girdwood
Double Musky Inn (great food)

Homer
Pratt Museum (local history)

Juneau
Tongass National Forest (backcountry cabins)
DIPAC (salmon hatchery)
Mendenhall Glacier



Kantishna
Denali Backcountry Lodge (view of Mt McKinley, on Moose Creek, running water, private baths, heat; fishing, gold panning, hiking)

Kodiak
Baranov Museum (Russian culture, Orthodox church)


McCarthy
Kennecot Mines


Nenana
Banana-eating contest (March)
Ice-Break Contest (Tanana River)

Nome
Bathtub Race (Labor Day)
Carrie McLain Mem Mus (dog sledding, Bering Sea life)
Bering Land Bridge Nat Pres (remnant of ancient land bridge)


Palmer
Reindeer Farm
Musk Ox Farm (only domesticated herd of oxen in world; very warm clothing)
Llama Buddies (ride one)


Seward
Alaska Railroad (state-owned line; 500-mile trip from Seward to Fairbanks, no overnight, guided over PA, food: Engineer's Special, kodiak stew)
Exit Glacier

Sitka
Sheldon Jackson Museum (native Alaskan culture)

Skagway
White Pass and Yukon RR
Historic District (trails, gold rush info)
Alaska Marine Highway Ferries (Bellingham WA to Skagway Alaska; 3 night trip)

Talkeetna
Roadhouse (scrambled eggs, home fries, pancakes, Rudy in a Blanket--reindeer with cheese baked in dough)3
West Rib Pub and Cafe (huge burgers; caribou)

Valdez
Mike’s Palace (seafood)

Wasilla
Dorothy Page Museum
Idiatrod Trail Headquarters
Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry

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Alaska Marine Highway Ferry System (see coastline from Gulf of Alaska thru Prince William Sound to Aleutians; at your own pace, without the cruise ship luxuries, have cabins and restaurants, can bring car, rv and bike)
Talkeetna River (rafting and fly-fishing)
Aleutian Islands (Walrus Islands State Game Sanctuary)
Tatshenshini and Alsek Rivers (150 miles of iceberg-filled lakes, glaciers, grizzilies)
Katmai Nat Pk- Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and Baked Mtn (moon-like and volcanic); Aniakchak River (last 15 miles floatable to ocean)
Gray Line of Alaska (gold mining)
White Pass and Yukon Railroad
Alaska Raptor Rehab Center
Alaska Range
Glacier Bay National Park (Cape Fairweather Traverse- pristine beach backed by mtns)
Tracy Arm
Auk Ta Shaa (12-person Tlingit Indian canoe)
Camp Alaska Tours
Chugach National Forest (Copper River delta)
Gecko Overland Trekking
Matamuslia Glacier (1 mile off Hwy 1)
Dinkum Sands (Prudhoe Bay)
Bushes Bunches Stand (Mile 35, George Pks Hwy
St Elias Alpine Guides
Denali Lake Nat Pk
Wonder Lake (canoeing)

Kenai Fjord (largest concentration of glaciers and fjords; most active earthquake zone in world; see by cruise ship or kayak)