Alaska Favorite Tips by globetrott

Sitka - russian churches

Fondest memory: old churches in the russian orthodox style are to be found in Sitka at many places.

go to the famous RED DOG...

Favorite thing: go to the famous RED DOG SALOON

Fondest memory: The Red Dog Saloon was a real highlight for me! It looked exactly the way that I remembered a 'western Saloon' from plenty of movies I have seen.And still it was much better: there was no real floor, but pressed mud like in the good old times.

under reconstruction

Fondest memory: This is one of the famous TOTEM POLES to be seen in Prince Rupert/Canada - on the way to Alaska. These unique memorials reach up to 50 ft. in height and were carved in a succession of forms of mythical humans and animals in order to illustrate traditions and myths