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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Palmer

5 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Palmer, Alaska

Updated June 19, 2026
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Musk Ox Farm

Palmer, Alaska

Musk Ox Farm

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.
No. 1 Bunkhouse

Palmer, Alaska

Independence Mine

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

Palmer, Alaska

Castle House

The only house built with a turret, crenellations, and a moat in Palmer, Alaska.
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The old cars look out over the Knik River to the Talkeetna Mountains.

Palmer, Alaska

Eklutna Tailrace

This popular fishing spot at the outflow of a 4.5-mile long hydroelectric tunnel sports a jetty literally made out of classic cars.

Palmer, Alaska

Alaska State Fair Giant Fruits and Vegetables

Some of the world's largest produce comes from a region not known for agriculture
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Burial Spirit Houses

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.
12 miles from Palmer
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Togo the Wonder Dog

Siberian husky that delivered a life-saving antitoxin.
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The Farming Colony That Grew Under the Midnight Sun

How the New Deal seeded giant vegetables in Alaska.
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