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Aurora Ice Museum

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

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Permafrost Tunnel

This frozen tunnel in central Alaska is both an engineering feat and a valuable climate classroom.

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Aurora Express Bed & Breakfast

One woman's dream became a train hotel in her backyard.

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Blue Babe

North Americas first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."

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Poker Flat Research Range

Research missiles and rainbow auroras at the world's largest land-based rocket range.

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Fairbanks Antler Arch

A morbid gateway to an Alaskan town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

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Xaasaa Cheege Ts'eniin (Upward Sun River Mouth Child)

11,500 year old little girl found buried in an ancient fire pit.

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Engineers Tradition Stone

A sarcastic monument that threatens to curse any "idiot" who dares remove it.

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