In a place as huge and wild as Alaska, it’s pretty great to have a single place that distills virtually all of the state’s most compelling elements. That’s Anchorage. Surrounded by Cook Inlet and huge ...

When Anchorage resident Heather Helzer first arrived at Southeast Alaska's Chilkoot Trail, a 33-mile hike described by Klondike Gold Rush miners as the "meanest 33 miles of history," she felt sure she ...

Holly Harrison had a goal: tackle the longest possible land journey across the Americas. The 57-year-old North Carolinian (trail name: Cargo) started on December 17, 2016, in Ushuaia, Argentina, and ...

After his first trip to Alaska, Reinout Arents was so inspired by what he saw and documented, he decided to switch career paths and pursue filmmaking. In September 2015, 18-year-old Arents traveled ...

His interest in history led Max Walker to backpack the Crimean peninsula, but the locals seemed more interested in the area's resorts. Plus three more less-travelled destinations ...