Fairbanks Community & Dog Mushing Museum
Fairbanks
A small but packed museum that traces the city’s history through old photos, newspaper clippings and historical artifacts from daily life. One room…
Must-see attractions in The Interior
Fairbanks
The corporate headquarters for the Native-owned Doyon company has a lobby filled with indigenous art and artifacts. The 24-hour security guards on duty…
The Interior
The interior of this building is kept to a frosty 25°F (-3.8°C) throughout the year. Visitors can marvel at a slate of ice sculptures while on a tour, or…
The Interior
A poignant war memorial to Alaskan veterans who've served in all military branches (army, navy and air force), located in a wild but peaceful setting near…
Alfred Starr Nenana Cultural Center
The Interior
This riverfront center informs visitors about local culture and history, and includes exhibits on the old riverboat trade and frontier days, plus a small…
The Interior
This rickety-looking bridge is built on tailing piles from the mining era. The creek it crosses, and most other tributaries of the Fortymile River, is…
The Interior
Within sight of the train station, this handsome church dates from 1905. The interior has a few lovely handcrafted features, including an altar with…
The Interior
In the town's former general store, the tins of baked beans and salted beef are just for show, but there is an informational movie if you want to learn…
The Interior
This tiny museum, set in two old log cabins, explains the remarkable fate of the ‘stampeders’ who attempted to reach the Klondike via the cursed Valdez…
Pioneer Air Transportation Museum
Fairbanks
Only open in summer, this museum is full of olden planes and aviation history, with an obvious focus on the field as practiced in the Alaskan interior and…
The Interior
The Taku Chief river tug once pushed barges along the Tanana River and now spruces up the grounds outside the visitor center.
The Interior
If you love your roadside kitsch, and/or the corniest elements of the Christmas holiday, head into this sprawling barn-like store off Richardson Hwy…
Fairbanks
Community dances, neighborhood gatherings and state-fair-style events, which showcase the area and state's rural and frontier culture, often take place in…
The Interior
Commemorates the miner whose gold strike gave birth to Fairbanks. The stream across the highway – now known as Pedro Creek – is where it all happened.
