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Where's a good place to get married?

By Leon Unruh / Alaska.com

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Cruise lines can arrange shipboard ceremonies, and localities have churches and government officials who can also perform weddings.

Denali National Park is another fine setting for a wedding, offering restaurants, campgrounds, some wilderness lodges and a range of hotels.

Wedding parties who head for the backcountry of Denali -- or any other public lands -- can have nearly absolute privacy.

On the Kenai Peninsula, Homer is often considered a romantic location.

Cloud-shrouded mountains, a seashore and Homer's artistic, iconoclastic community at the end of the road create a romantic setting.

Lodges along the turquoise Kenai River also draw praise for their settings.

Closer to Anchorage, the Alyeska ski resort in Girdwood attracts wedding parties. Tram cars carry wedding parties up from the Alyeska Prince Hotel to the Seven Glaciers Restaurant, 2,350 feet up 3,939-foot Mount Alyeska with a grand view of Turnagain Arm.

North of Anchorage, a viewing deck near the Eagle River Nature Center in Chugach State Park is scenic site that has seen its share of marriages.

License: The fee for a marriage license is $35. Both the bride and groom generally must be 18.

There's a waiting period of three business days after the notarized application is received by the Bureau of Vital Statistics offices in Anchorage, Fairbanks or Juneau. The license is good for 90 days anywhere in the state.

Who can marry: The Alaska Constitution recognizes marriage only if it joins one man and one woman.