Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Alaska

While in Alaska, you might enjoy a visit to:

You wouldn't want to be stuck on the tracks when this came along.

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

The dark side of a everyone's favorite giant sea mammal is explored in this public sculpture.

The record-setting pilot and beloved humorist died in a plane crash nearby.

At the tippy-top of frosty Alaska, an Inuit totem pole on a US Air Force Base. The pole is topped with a toilet bowl, commemorating the first flush toilet in this part of Alaska.

Since 1967, a tribute to the people and dogs of the mushing tradition.

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

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