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.
~84 miles from Nikiski.

A gift shop dedicated to Christmas, with all the trappings, including live reindeer and the World's Largest Santa.

Five-person teams push homemade wooden outhouses across the ice at the annual festival every February.
~58 miles from Nikiski.

The dark side of a everyone's favorite giant sea mammal is explored in this public sculpture.
~58 miles from Nikiski.

This ambitious edifice was intended as a hotel, but never opened.
~183 miles from Nikiski.

13-year-old orphan Benny Benson had his flag design chosen over 700 others -- then had to wait 32 years before Alaska became a state.
~74 miles from Nikiski.

Since 1967, a tribute to the people and dogs of the mushing tradition.
~73 miles from Nikiski.

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

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