The small port town of Seward, Alaska, is perfect for nature lovers, with whale-watching tours, beautiful glaciers, and a ...

Curving south from Anchorage, the Seward Highway leads drivers around the northern edge of Turnagain Arm, passing the ski town of Girdwood and the long tunnel to Whittier before crossing the Kenai ...

This small Alaskan city is easy to get to and offers tons of accommodations, with nature cruises and hiking trails right ...

Set along the protected waters of Resurrection Bay on the eastern tip of the Kenai Peninsula, Seward, Alaska, is a terminus for many Gulf of Alaska cruises and is a base for exploring nearby Kenai ...

It is one of the most scenic, following Turnagain Arm from Anchorage to Portage and then across the Kenai Peninsula to Seward. Traveling along Turnagain Arm, you can see beluga whales, orcas and ...

Kayaking on the Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage is so much fun. With beautiful lakes, rivers and bays at Seward and Homer, ...

One dependable way to escape crowds of Alaska summertime visitors is simple. Just get wet. When you see the 49th state from the water — whether aboard a tour boat, paddling a kayak, renting a ...

MOOSE PASS, Alaska — In Alaska, wildlife is never far away. A moose strolls across a road. A bald eagle with a salmon clutched in its talons flies just above car-top level. Dall sheep run full-tilt ...

The Alaska Railroad slices up the middle of the state like a bolt of blue-and-yellow lightning, into the belly of a place that is camera-ready and bountiful beyond belief. The rail line begins in the ...

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 ...