Everything you hear about “The Great Land of Alaska” is true! It is big. It is magnificent. It is wildly beautiful, and I believe every American should experience our 49th state at least once in a ...

The ridge of tundra overlooking the Bluff Hole on Alaska’s Moraine River is a special place. It is a fine point on which to halt against the dawning sky and regroup following the long hike up the ...

There’s a curious mix of passengers aboard the Denali Star as the whistle blasts twice and the train pulls away from the Anchorage depot, beginning its journey north to Fairbanks on a 12-hour trip ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Florence Murray lives in Rochester and took a cruise to Alaska. I grew up always thinking of Alaska, our 49th state, as the land of ice and snow, Eskimos, igloos and polar bears rather ...