About 60 miles northeast of Nome, nestled within the Kigluaik Mountain range, is Pilgrim Hot Springs. The turn for the retreat is marked by an old yellow dozer that sits rusting in the brush.
We go Roadtrippin' to the Safety Roadhouse. Known as the last checkpoint on the Iditarod, in summer, it's a place for tourists and residents alike to pause and get a drink.
Nome, is located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. At Pilgrim Hot Springs, about 60 miles north of Nome, they say most of their guests come from Germany.During the Solstice party this past weekend people from Kansas, Minnesota and Mississippi lined the parade route hands outstretched for the candy being tossed from the floats.
According to the family, there were six operating dredges — which are used to dig up objects from underwater — in Nome in the early 1900s. There was no seventh dredge, but Judy liked the number so the name stuck.
When tourists get off of the cruise ships in Skagway the first thing they do is start walking around town and the perfect food for walking is fry bread.
The White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad is one of the biggest attractions in Skagway, baiting you in with the incredible sights and then catching you with the historic moments etched into the mountains.
The Glacier Highway was built at the turn of the 20th century, but a collection of photographs, showcasing its construction and improvement over decades, was almost lost to history.
The road from Chitina to McCarthy comes with a warning that’s a little daunting. The sign spells it out clearly at mile zero, it’s a drive at your own risk situation.
For nearly eight decades, the lodge has welcomed visitors from across the state, the Lower 48, and internationally. Many locals still make a point to swing by.
A quick detour off the Glenn Highway brings you to the village of Eklutna which houses the Eklutna Historical Park. The park has over 100 little doll house-style graves, called spirit houses.
The Alaska Scenic Byways program was started in 1993 to, "recognize and celebrate some of the most beautiful landscapes in our state," according to the DOT. This means the route, "possesses distinctive cultural, historic, natural or other qualities that are unique among neighboring states. Designation as an All-American Road, the higher designation of the two, indicates that the route has not only regional but national significance and is a destination unto itself" according to DOT.
In Katmai National Park and Preserve, more than 250 miles from Anchorage on a peninsula in southern Alaska most people stop whatever they're doing to watch brown bears.
The Running Reindeer Ranch in Fairbanks offers visitors something unique, the chance to walk with a reindeer herd through the boreal forest of Jane Atkinson’s 13-acre ranch.
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