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Fjords National Park which includes one of the few accessible glaciers.
The railroad to Alaska’s nucleus began in Seward. Charter boats and
planes can be employed for fishing, hunting, and sightseeing trips.
Seward is the southern terminus of the Seward Highway, a picturesque
highway that extends north to Anchorage through an alpine terrain of
glaciers and lakes.
Skagway, Alaska
During the icy winter of 1897-98, swarms of enthusiastic would-be
prospectors who had heard of the Klondike gold strike pressed ashore
at Skagway, assembled their gear and began the arduous trek over the
treacherous mountains and months of the first gold strike, the settlement
at Skagway grew from one cabin into a prospering city of more
than 20,000 people. The gold rush terminated as suddenly as it had
begun, and those who had come to Skagway moved on. Boardwalks,
false-front buildings and old stores, all colorful reminders of a tempestuous
past, line the main street. Broadway is now a member of the
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park.
St. Augustine, Florida
As the oldest city in the United States, St. Augustine has played
varied and prestigious historic roles. It was in this region that Juan
Ponce de Leon, in search of the legendary Fountain of Youth, landed
on April 3, 1513, and took possession of the region for Spain. Still
maintaining strong evidence of its Spanish origin, the Old City is being
restored to a likeness of its colonial days; much of the historic area
north of the plaza de la Constitucion is complete. Typical Spanish
houses, with walled patios enclosing Old World gardens, line the many
slender streets.
Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida
Booming, diverse Tampa has long contrasted with St. Petersburg, its
more sedate sister city across the Tampa Bay.The concurrent arrival of
the Cuban cigar industry and Henry B. Plant’s railroad in the 1880s
confirmed the city’s future importance. Tampa Bay and the
Hillsborough River have played a chief role in the city’s development.
Tampa’s port is the seventh leading in the Nation and home to one of
the world’s largest shrimp fleets.
St. Petersburg is one of the largest cities in the state as well as on the
west coast; it basks in its renowned sunshine on the southern half of
the Pinella Peninsula. Tampa Bay borders it on the east; Boca Ciega
Bay separates it from the Holiday Isle.
Tok, Alaska
Tok began as a construction camp on the Alcan Highway in 1942. The
name is believed to be derived from Tokyo Camp, patriotically shortened
during World War II to Tok. But there exists at least three other
versions of how Tok (pronounced to rhyme with joke) got its name. 54
miles from the Canadian border, Tok is a trade center for nearby
Athabaskan villages and claims the title “Dog Capital of Alaska.” It is
one of the oldest and largest sled dog races in the states, the Tok Race
of Champions.
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