ANCHORAGE

Anchorage is best known for trails, wildlife, and glaciers, and it is the state's cultural soul as well. The city is home to more artists and musicians than any other place in Alaska. Public art fills the city, from life-sized murals of bowhead whales and other Alaska marine life to a bronze work honoring the legacy of Dena'ina Athabascan matriarch Olga Nicolai Ezi. Anchorage is also home to the state's largest museum, as well as a whole palette of galleries, showrooms, and artist workspaces. Shops and restaurants often serve double duty as gallery space; many host a different artist each month for First Friday events... It takes good food to fuel all the activity in Anchorage. Thankfully, there is plenty on the menu. Alaska is famous for seafood. Anchorage serves it all fresh - salmon, crab, halibut, rockfish, cod, clams, scallops, and oysters. The state's agricultural heartland, the Matanuska Valley, is less than an hour away, bringing plenty of greens, root veggies, berries, and..

Primary location: Anchorage United States