History in Alaska

A quirky roadside sign was the subject of a years-long legal standoff over highway right-of-way clearances. 

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

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

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

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

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.

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 remote fort on the Yukon River is a vestige of the wild Alaska gold rush.

The cultural center preserves the history of the Tlingit tribe, who have lived in this Alaska village for more than 10,000 years.