Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Alaska

While in Alaska, you might enjoy a visit to:

Taxidermied Togo, unsung sled dog blizzard-busting hero of the 1925 diptheria epidemic.
~138 miles from Copper Center.

Proof to your pals that you made it this far north. Colorful sign for photo op.

Stranded by a storm in 1913, and very slowly weathering away near the ghost town of Solomon.

This ambitious edifice was intended as a hotel, but never opened.
~156 miles from Copper Center.

Sold by Skinny Dick in 2003; he passed away in 2008. Beloved assemblage of tackiness and crudity in a wilderness where the only communication is by radiophone.

Since 1967, a tribute to the people and dogs of the mushing tradition.
~148 miles from Copper Center.

Featuring a towering hammer at the entrance, owner Dave Pahl has more than 1,700 of its smaller brethren inside.

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