Alaska Reality TV | Gold Rush to Gold Mining
It’s a classic Alaska storyline and far north fantasy – the Gold Rush and visions of gleaming nuggets. In the 1800s and early 1900s, tens of thousands of gold prospectors, opportunists and dreamers traveled north to Alaska. For most, this... Read more
Alaska Reality TV: Lights! Camera! Alaska!
Reality TV Thrives in the Last Frontier Alaska is a unique destination, where life is as real as it gets. Real fascinating and real unique, real cool and real cold, real mysterious and real extreme, real welcoming and even real... Read more
Exploring Kodiak Island and Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
Kodiak Island juts out of the Gulf of Alaska with a rugged beauty all its own. Snow-capped mountains, dense old growth forests, rocky cliffs, wildflower-laced meadows, and sandy beaches are the foundation for this stunning landscape. The southwestern areas on... Read more
Alaska Cuisine “Must Eats” : On the Menu For Your Tasting Pleasure
Boost Your “Appetite for Alaska”: Discover the “Great State’s” Must-Eat Taste Sensations Every journey around “the Last Frontier” is filled with Alaska flavor – figuratively and literally! When in Alaska, the special sights, sounds and smells will overwhelm your senses... Read more
Anchorage’s Coastal Trail: A Walk (Jog, Bike Ride, or Ski) to Remember
When people dream of visiting Alaska, thoughts often drift to the unique and untamed wilds of the state. Eagles, moose, salmon and even a rare bear or beluga whale sighting. The grandeur of massive, snowcapped peaks. Denali towering on the... Read more
Exploring McCarthy, Kennicott, and Wrangell-St. Elias National Park in Alaska
McCarthy, Kennicott & Wrangell-St. Elias: A Motherlode of Magnificent Mountains and Alaska Mining History Located at the end of one of Alaska’s roughest rural roads, and set deep in the Interior and mountainous wilds of America’s largest national park, the... Read more
A Quick and Simple Alaska King Crab Recipe
Header photo courtesy JodyO.Photos/Visit Anchorage From the depths of the sea comes a meal fit for a king, queen, prince, princess and anyone who likes to treat themselves: Alaska King Crab. Sure, these big beasts look intimidating and you’ll have... Read more
Alaska Fashion and Style
Alaskans are not really known for their sense of fashion. In fact, blogs and magazines scoff at the state’s style. Travel + Leisure Magazine, as well as online news site Fashionista, have named Anchorage America’s “worst dressed city.” What are... Read more
Alaska’s Beer Boom: Breweries, Tasting Rooms, Craft & Micro Brews
Alaska is in the midst of a beer boom with a surge in breweries and craft and micro brew production. Alaskans have always loved their saloons and suds. But for the longest time, brewing here in Alaska was relegated to... Read more
Jon Krakauer
When I was 23, I went to Alaska by myself into the glaciers of the coast range and climbed a mountain by myself. It was incredibly reckless, incredibly stupid. But I was lucky. And I survived, and I came back... Read more