Alaska Travel Guide

Alaska is by far the largest state of the United States of America by land area. Nicknamed "the last frontier", Alaska is sparsely populated; the state was purchased by the United States for $7,200,000 from the Russian Empire in 1867, and gained statehood in 1959 as the 49th state. Separated from the "lower 48" by Canada, Alaska can be a challenging destination; most of the state is in the Arctic. Except vast forests and frozen tundra, Alaska contains the ten highest mountain peaks in the U...