It’s a Dall sheep!” the train tour guide exclaims as we swoop past a jagged cliffside dotted with fuzzy white creatures ...

Early last spring, it was time to plan a summer vacation and get to some unfinished business. Alison and I agreed on the ...

One particular highlight was my four-hour ride on the Alaska Railroad from Denali National Park to Fairbanks. For this trip, I splurged on a GoldStar premium-service class ticket for $202. The ...

Erin Kirkland In a city raised with the birth of its railroad system, it should come as no surprise that Anchorage's historic train depot marks the gateway to further Alaska adventures.

Without a direct road, Alaska was treated like an island. Within Alaska, two railroads, the White Pass and Yukon Railroad and the Alaska Railroad, provided the sole, short-reaching modes of ...

Most visitors arrive here via the Alaska Railroad or Seward Highway. Top activities on the Kenai Peninsula include hiking the Exit Glacier area in the Kenai Fjords near Seward or kayaking through ...

Immense beyond imagination, Alaska covers more territory than Texas, California, and Montana combined. Wide swaths of the 49th state—aptly nicknamed the “Last Frontier”—are untamed and ...

If you make $70,000 a year living in Alaska you will be taxed $7,660. Your average tax rate is 10.94% and your marginal tax rate is 22%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional ...

Aerial footage captured by the North Carolina National Guard provides a dramatic look at the scope of catastrophic flooding caused by the effects of Hurricane Helene when the deadly storm swept across ...

The Alaska Railroad is a full-service freight and passenger railroad connecting communities from Seward to Fairbanks and enabling access to points of interest such as Chugach National Forest and ...