Arctic Interagency Visitor Center

Alaska


This impressive $5-million structure was opened in 2004 and features museum-quality displays about the Arctic and its denizens. There's a small series of paths on the outskirts that lead to a decidedly unnatural wonder – a chunk of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Ranger-led activities and talks regularly occur in the evening.


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