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vonlohmann, flickr The final frontier is a dream destination for many travelers, an untamed wonderland with an abundance of things to do. In Alaska, you can catch sight of crashing glaciers, reel ...
It was established between 1910 and 1913 by the Alaska-Juneau Gold Mining Company and operated until 1944, producing more than $80 million worth of gold. The largest surviving structure of the camp is its air compressor building, which was 84 feet (26 m) long, and still houses the compressor used by the company.
The Alaska State Fair is an annual state fair held in Palmer, Alaska, United States. The fairgrounds are located approximately one hour north of Anchorage and draw visitors from the entire Municipality of Anchorage and beyond for the popular 1½-week event beginning at the end of August.
Located on the shore of Wrangell, Alaska barely a mile out of town, it became a State Historic Park in 2000. At least 40 petroglyphs have been found to date. [1] The site itself is about 8000 years old. [2] The petroglyphs that remain here are found on the boulders and bedrock outcrops on the shore, just below and above mean high tide.
You don’t have to stick to the trails at Denali Natonal Park and Preserve, which features more than 6 million acres of protected Alaska wilderness. Adventure awaits in Alaska at Denali National ...
The Alaska State Fair in Palmer is held annually for about two weeks around the beginning of August. The Southeast Alaska Fair is held in Haines for four days over the last weekend in July. There are also fairs in Ninilchik and Kodiak in late August and early September, with smaller fairs held in Delta Junction, Kenny Lake and Salcha. [9]
A National Park Service report on Alaska's glaciers noted glaciers within Alaska national parks shrank 8% between the 1950s and early 2000s and ... 5-year-old sends 'full-on crazy' messages to ...
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve is a United States national park and preserve in southwest Alaska, about 100 miles (160 km) southwest of Anchorage.The park was first proclaimed a national monument in 1978, then established as a national park and preserve in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.