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Juneau from Mt. Roberts with tramway.

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Overview

Juneau is a capital of contrasts and conflicts. It borders a waterway that never freezes but lies beneath an ice field that never melts. It was the first community in the Southeast to slap a head tax on cruise-ship passengers but still draws more than a million a year. It’s the state capital but since the 1980s Alaskans have been trying to move it. It doesn’t have any roads that go anywhere, but half its residents and its mayor opposed a plan to build one that would.

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Adventure comes in many forms in Juneau, the spectacularly located capital of Alaska. Here are the best things to do in this unique Alaskan city.

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