Places alaskanmoss Wants to Go

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

One of Alaska's most significant ancient sites, spanning millennia and cultures, is right under the feet of some famously fat bears.

The crumbling remains of Juneau's explosives storage site.

The beginning of the historic Iditarod Trail connecting the Alaskan cities of Seward and Nome.

Tour a Cold War-era U.S. military missile launch site in Anchorage.

An icy behemoth that towers over you with a blue ice cave in the winter and a roaring creek in the summer.

This mile marker stands at the unofficial end of a highway built to defend the United States from a Japanese invasion during World War II.

The now-serene site of the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America.

A hulking remnant of Alaska's industrial gold mining boom in the 1920s.

The collection includes seven one-of-a-kind automobiles, vintage fashion, and more.

In 1912, this idyllic Alaska landscape was blown apart in the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.

A monument commemorating the role of Alaska's native Tlingit guides in the Klondike Gold Rush.

This Alaskan town appoints the general store's resident feline as honorary mayor.

The remains of the first saint from Alaska in the Russian Orthodox Church.

Permanent exhibit reminds visitors of the Exxon Valdez.

See a full-scale whale skeleton and experience the captivating culture of Alaska’s Native people at this heritage center in east Anchorage.

This super-sized statue is the only public memorial to the deal that ended America's neutrality during World War II.

The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.

The oldest original lighthouse in Alaska that was born out of a tragic shipwreck.

The northernmost truck stop in the United States.

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.

Impressive artifacts from Juneau's gold mining days fill this mining site-turned-museum.

Open day and night, a church with three pews and Bibles.

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.