The 25 Best Roadside Attractions in Alaska
Ranked by Roadtrippi users — the people who've actually been there. Updated April 2026. Roadtrippi catalogs 119 roadside attractions in Alaska.
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1. Big Silver Salmon
Homer, AK
A big silver salmon statue, mounted on a couple of poles in front of a fish processing plant.
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2. Burial Spirit Houses
Anchorage, AK
Unusual and colorful burial sites -- looks like the miniature circus is in town.
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3. Star the Reindeer (Gone)
Anchorage, AK
Anchorage has had a live reindeer ambassador named Star since 1960. Star #7 lives in a fenced enclosure on the south edge of downtown.
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4. Highway's End Mosquitoes
Delta Junction, AK
Huge bloodsuckers greet you at the end of the Alaska Highway.
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5. Skagway Brothel Museum
Skagway, AK
The Skagway Brothel was a busy place during the Klondike Gold Rush.
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6. Wooden Skeeter Sculpture
Salcha, AK
A giant mosquito is carved from knotty wood, along with other strange creatures, in front of a rustic shop full of game mounts and Alaskan charm.
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7. Earthquake Park Monument
Anchorage, AK
In Earthquake Park along the bike trail, there's a monument to the 9.2 magnitude shaker that struck on March 27, 1964.
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8. Cache-Consuming T-Rex
Mendeltna, AK
Factory-made T-rex skeleton posed as if eating an elevated food storage cache. Also, a large wooden Bowie knife stuck in the ground, battered by weather.
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9. Chocolate Waterfall and Fountain
Anchorage, AK
Not your standard sheet-of-chocolate waterfall, this one is designed as pots overflowing chocolate down the face of a wall.
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10. Giant Hammer, Hammer Museum
Haines, AK
Featuring a towering 20-foot-tall hammer at the entrance, owner Dave Pahl has more than 2,200 of its smaller kin inside.
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11. Earthquake Town - Valdez Museum
Valdez, AK
The local museum includes a scale model of what the town looked like before the earthquake destroyed it. The Exxon Valdez was later named in the town's honor -- and then polluted half of Alaska's ocean with spilled oil.
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12. Sun and Scale Model of Solar System
Anchorage, AK
The model's scale was "chosen so that a leisurely walking pace mimics the speed of light."
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13. National Forest had One Tree
Adak, AK
"Adak National Forest" exists only as a sign in front of what began as a solitary tree, planted years ago to boost the morale of the military personnel stationed on this remote, mostly treeless, island.
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14. Border Bench of International Friendship
Northway Junction, AK
A rest stop bench marks where the United States and Canada meet.
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15. Goose Creek Tower - Dr. Seuss House
Willow, AK
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16. Human Hand in a Jar
Trapper Creek, AK
Tourist-friendly general store has nutty outdoor displays and is full of odd junk, including a human hand in a jar.
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17. Interior Alaska Antler Arch
Fairbanks, AK
Walkway arch features the antlers of over 100 moose and caribou.
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18. Mini-Train and Balto the Wonder Dog
Palmer, AK
A statue of Balto, media darling sled dog hero of the 1925 diphtheria epidemic, vies for accolades with a tiny train.
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19. Nail Map of the United States
Juneau, AK
Wood boards on a downtown dock provide the canvas for a 50x40 ft. outline of the 50 states in 50,000 nails, with Juneau at its center. Community art project started in 2005. Visitors can add a nail for their hometown.
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20. Parking Garage Tribute to Captain Cook Voyages
Anchorage, AK
A bronze sculpture of three sailing ships set into a sidewalk ditch salutes the 18th century British explorer and his three Pacific voyages. Also a good nudge for you to stop searching and just pull into the Captain Cook Parking Garage.
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21. Bird Wash (Gone)
Eagle River, AK
Car wash with a pond and a canada goose statue. Gone.
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22. Last Train to Nowhere
Nome, AK
Stranded by a storm in 1913, and very slowly weathering away near the ghost town of Solomon.
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23. Arctic Brotherhood Hall: Driftwood Building
Skagway, AK
Charles O. Walker gathered over 8,800 driftwood sticks on the shores of Skagway Bay and nailed them to the front wall of the Arctic Brotherhood Hall.
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24. VW Batmobile, Other Odd Vehicles
Houston, AK
Fireworks stand briefly displays a variety of unusual vehicles, such as a psychedelic microbus, a double-decker London bus, and a VW Batmobile.
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25. Northernmost U.S. Monument to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Anchorage, AK
In Anchorage's blocks-long public park strip, there is a sculpted bust of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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