Although Alaska's statehood is relatively brief, the state's history is long and colorful.
Alaska will no doubt inspire memories. But most visitors will want to take home something to help keep those memories fresh. An epic trip to the Great Land deserves a souvenir or two worthy of the excursion.
Alaska has a public university system, with three main campuses and 15 local branches across the state, and a vo-tech school.
Alaska.com's users have asked many good questions about life and vacations on the Last Frontier. Here are some of them.
What's a vacation without a good book to read? When vacationing in Alaska, it might be a good idea to do some reading before arriving in the Great Land.
After six months of a cold, dark winter, the extended sunlight in Alaska begins its work on the frozen-over region, melting away the ice and giving everything a glossy sheen.
Warm winter weather diminished much of the ice and snow south of Anchorage. But what remained gleamed in the sunshine on Tuesday, February 23, 2010, along Turnagain Arm, in Girdwood and on Portage Lake.
New slides, washouts close northern part of Taylor Highway
Sarah Palin still a tourist draw for her hometown and Alaska
Bear attacks bicyclist on Anchorage trail
King salmon fishing restricted on Anchor River, state says
Cruise ship makes first of nine Anchorage calls
Animal Planet's 'River Monsters' visits Illiamna Lake
Wolf population down in Denali, Yukon-Charley preserve
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