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Alaska Offbeat Attraction Map

RoadsideAmerica.com's map of Alaska's unusual tourist attractions, museums, and landmarks.

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Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Alaska

While in Alaska, you might enjoy a visit to:

Anchorage, Alaska: Snow Plow Train

You wouldn't want to be stuck on the tracks when this came along.
~115 miles from Valdez.

Nome, Alaska: Last Train to Nowhere

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

Barrow, Alaska: Wiley Post and Will Rogers Crash Memorial

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

Cantwell, Alaska: Igloo City - Giant Igloo-Shaped Building

This ambitious edifice was intended as a hotel, but never opened.
~174 miles from Valdez.

Point Barrow, Alaska: Northernmost Totem Pole in the World

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.

Seward, Alaska: Memorial to the Kid who Designed Alaska's Flag

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.
~125 miles from Valdez.

Knik, Alaska: Musher's Hall of Fame

Since 1967, a tribute to the people and dogs of the mushing tradition.
~115 miles from Valdez.

Haines, Alaska: Hammer Museum

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

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