The lodge was part of the National Parks Mission 66 project to welcome and accommodate many generations of park visitors. John Morse also designed the visitor center at Sitka National Historical Park ...

Oct. 21—What did it take to be among Alaska's first pioneers? Who were the colonists rushing north in 1867 after the United ...

Alaska cruise ships: Eurodam, Koningsdam, Nieuw Amsterdam, Noordam, Westerdam, Zaandam Departure cities (cruises and ...

The best Alaska cruise excursions can range from the thrilling to the serene. Passengers can fly on sleds led by huskies, ...

Royal Caribbean offers the seven-night Alaska Experience Cruise aboard its 4,900-passenger vessels, including a stop in the formerly Russian island community of Sitka, with its distinctive blend ...

Sitka is the only community in the ... feast of wild salmon cooked over a wood-fired grill, Alaska crab and prime rib at the Fin Island Lodge. Following a wildlife Zodiac cruise around the ...

While we remain committed to helping travelers explore the world and promoting sustainable tourism, we have made the difficult decision to end the Unique Lodges of the World program. We are deeply ...

The problem may be specific to Petersburg. In other Alaska coastal communities like Sitka, Homer and Kodiak, lodge guests aren’t often allowed to take out skiffs on their own. Their boat trips ...

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 ...

Who were the colonists rushing north in 1867 after the United States purchased Russia’s interest in Alaska? The first white settler girl born inside the muddy wooden fortress of American Sitka ...