Best Of Alaska
Aurora Borealis
Winter visitors to Alaska see the skies ablaze with the shimmering veils of the Northern Lights.
Sitka
Russian influence blended with Native heritage and fabulous coastal scenery make this one of Alaska's most diverting towns.
The Chilkoot Trail
Follow in the (frozen) footsteps of the Klondike prospectors on this demanding 33-mile trail near Skagway.
Talkeetna
Every Alaska visitor's favorite small town is the base for superb flightseeing trips around Mount McKinley.
Denali National Park
Alaska's finest park offers superb mountain scenery and incomparable wildlife spotting around the highest peak in North America.
Anchorage Bars
Anchorage is an exceptionally atmospheric place to drink: while the city itself is relatively cosmopolitan, many of its bars, such as sawdust-on-the-floor
Chilkoot Charlie's,
are characterized by a wild-frontier-saloon feel.
Dalton Highway
This lonely and grueling 500-mile road leads north from Fairbanks to the Arctic Ocean.
Salmon
Join the anglers who line up elbow-to-elbow in the salmon-bearing rivers of the Kenai Peninsula, "Anchorage's Playground," where the savory species can weigh as much as 30 pounds or more.
Juneau
Born as a roughneck mining town in 1880, Juneau is surprisingly urbane. The city is also close to breathtaking glacier vistas and choice whale-watching spots.
Wrangell-St Elias National Park
Solitude-seekers should head for the pristine glaciers and fjords of remote Wrangell-St Elias National Park to watch bears, caribou and other wildlife.
Alaska city guides
| Anchorage | Ketchikan |
| Cordova | Sitka |
| Fairbanks | Skagway |
| Girdwood | Talkeetna |
| Haines | Valdez |
| Homer | Wrangell |
| Juneau |
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