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Iyatayet Site
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Ipiutak Site
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Castle Hill
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Where Russian Alaska was handed over to the U.S. in 1867, and where the first 49 star flag was flown after Alaska became a state

Birnirk Site

Chaluka Site

Palugvik Site

Russian Bishop's House
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The Russian Bishop's House (originally known as the "Russian Mission Orphanage") was constructed out of native spruce in 1842 by Finnish carpenters. It is one of only four surviving examples of Russian Colonial Style architecture in the Western Hemisphere. Bishop Innocent (Father Ivan Evseyevich Popov-Veniaminov) of the Russian Orthodox Church, a clergyman, teacher, scientist, and linguist, occupied the residence until 1859. The Church operated the facility as a school, residence, and place of worship for another century, until the dilapidated condition forced its abandonment in 1972.
In 1973, the Park Service embarked on a 16–year restoration project to return the property to its former glory. Modern plumbing, heating, and electrical systems were installed, while at the same time keeping the structure as authentic as possible. The second floor was restored to its 1853 appearance, based on archaeological evidence and early diaries and drawings. Today, numerous exhibits and lavish icons in the "Chapel of the Annunciation" convey the legacy of Russian America.

Old Sitka Site

Russian-American Magazin
Russian-American Magazin, also known as Erskine House, is a storehouse building in Kodiak, Alaska. It is the only property known to have been associated with the Russian and then the American trading companies active in Alaska. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1962.

St. Michael's Cathedral
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St. Michael's Cathedral (Russian: Собор Архангела Михаила), also known as the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel (Russian: Собор Святого Архангела Михаила), is a cathedral of the Orthodox Church in America Diocese of Alaska, at Lincoln and Matsoutoff Streets in Sitka, Alaska. The earliest Orthodox cathedral in the New World, it was built in the nineteenth century, when Alaska was under the control of Russia. After 1872, the cathedral came under the control of the Diocese of Alaska. It has been a National Historic Landmark since 1962, notable as an important legacy of Russian influence in North America and Southeast Alaska in particular.

St. George Island
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St. George Island is one of the Pribilof Islands of the state of Alaska, USA, in the Bering Sea off the western coast of the state. The island has a land area of 90 km² (35 sq mi) and a population of about 100 people, all living in its only community, the city of St. George, which encompasses the entire island.
The island was discovered by Gavriil Pribylov on June 25, 1786, during a search for the breeding grounds of northern fur seals. The island is named after Pribylov's ship, the St. George. St. George Island was the first of the Pribilofs to be discovered.

Golden North Hotel (oldest operating hotel in Alaska)
Built in 1898, the oldest operating hotel in Alaska was a two story hotel, moved in 1908 by horse and capstan to its present location. A third story and the world famous golden dome was also added at this time. Corrington's purchased the property in 1997 and spent more than one million dollars renovating the Crown Jewel of the Gold Rush. Now solid and up to code, each of the 31 rooms are dedicated to gold rush families and filled with their momentos and antiques. The first floor offers a 60 seat pub, 80 seat Victorian style restaurant, 30 seat outdoor patio and Southeast Alaska’s first microbrewery.

Cape Prince of Wales (westernmost point of the mainland Americas)
Located on the Seward Peninsula of the U.S. state of Alaska near the city of Wales, Cape Prince of Wales is the terminus of the Continental Divide, marking the division between the Pacific and Arctic coasts, as well as marking the limit between the Bering Sea and the Chukchi Sea. It is the eastern boundary of the Bering Strait, 82 km opposite Cape Dezhnev, and adjacent to the Diomede Islands and Fairway Rock.

Yukon Island

Arctic Brotherhood Hall

Saint Paul Island

Church of the Holy Ascension
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Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Church
Holy Assumption Orthodox Church, also known as Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, is a Russian Orthodox church in Kenai, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970.

Cape Krusenstern National Monument

Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall

Anangula Archeological District
The Anangula Site or Anangula Archeological District is an archaeological site in Alaska. Located on a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long island in the Aleutian Islands off the western coast of Umnak Island, it lies 3.1 miles (5.0 km) north-northwest of Nikolski Bay.
The island where this site is located has yielded evidence of the oldest occupations in the Aleutians, as many as 8,400 years ago. The Anangula Site is what is left of a settlement of people thought to have migrated here across the land bridge from Asia.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1978.

Kayak Island
Kayak Island, which includes the Bering Expedition Landing Site, is located in the Gulf of Alaska, 100 km (62 mi) SE of Cordova, Alaska Malaspina Coastal Plain. It has a land area of 73.695 km² (28.454 sq mi) and no population.
It was named "Kayak" in 1826 by Lt. Sarichef of the Russian Navy, because of the fancied resemblance of its outline to the Eskimo skin canoe. This island, it is believed, was the one Vitus Bering saw and named "Saint Elias" in 1741.
According to the U.S. National Park Service, "Here naturalist Georg W. Steller, surgeon aboard Vitus Bering's ST. PETER, made the first attempts at contact between Europeans and Alaskan natives. His investigations are among the first contributions to the West's knowledge of the natural and human history of the region."
Captain James Cook visited the island on May 12, 1778, and buried a bottle with a paper and two small pieces of silver given to him by Dr. Richard Kaye, the chaplain of King George III, for this purpose. Because of this, Capt. Cook gave the name "Kaye's Island" to this feature. It was called "Nuestra Senora del Carmen" or "Isla del Carmen," meaning "Our Lady Carmen" or "Island of (Our Lady) Carmen" by Don I. Arteaga about July 16, 1779, for the saint to whom this day was dedicated.
The Bering Expedition Landing Site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1978.
Cape Saint Elias is located on the southwest end of the island. Mount Saint Elias — about 115 miles to the ENE, and at 18,009 feet (5,489 m) the second highest mountain in both the United States and Canada — was likely named after this cape.
The Cape St. Elias Light is an important aid-to-navigation located on the island.

Cape Nome Mining District Discovery Sites

Chilkoot Trail and Dyea Site

Dry Creek Archeological Site

Eagle Historic District

Fort Durham

Gallagher Flint Station Archeological Site

Fort William H. Seward
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Fort William H. Seward, also known as Chilkoot Barracks or as AHRS Site No. SKG-001 is a site at Port Chilkoot in Haines, Alaska. It was the last of a series of 11 military posts established in Alaska during the gold rush era.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1978.

Leffingwell Camp Site

New Russia trading post

Onion Portage Archeological District

Sitka Spruce Park

George C. Thomas Memorial Library
George C. Thomas Memorial Library, also known as the former North Star Borough Library or AHRS FAI-004, was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1978.
According to the National Park Service, "This log structure was the site of a 1915 meeting between U.S. Government officials and native Alaskans to settle land and compensation claims. The meeting started a dispute that was not resolved until passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971."

Three Saints Bay

Attu Island
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There is a long WW-2 history at Attu Island, in the Aleutian Island chain, in Alaska, and native inhabitants as early as 600 B.C. But today Attu is the home for 24 US Coast Guard troops who man a Loran Station that provides an essential navigational tool for mariners of the north pacific. Originally located elsewhere on the island, the station was relocated in 1960 to Casco Cove, near the former Navy Base at Massacre Bay.

Dutch Harbor Alaska
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One of the largest fisherie ports in the US. Made famous in Discovery Channels "Deadliest Catch".

Japanese Occupation Site, Kiska Island

Kodiak Airport (ADQ)
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Kodiak Airport (IATA: ADQ, ICAO: PADQ, FAA LID: ADQ) is a joint civil-military public airport located 4 nautical miles (7 km; 5 mi) southwest of the central business district of Kodiak, a city on Kodiak Island in the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is state-owned and operated by the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF). It is home to the co-located Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak and a hub for Servant Air.

Ladd Army Airfield (FBK)
Ladd Army Airfield (IATA: FBK, ICAO: PAFB, FAA LID: FBK) is the military airfield located at Fort Jonathan Wainwright, located in Fairbanks, Alaska. It was originally called Ladd Field, in honor of Major Arthur K. Ladd, a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps who died in a South Carolina plane crash in 1935.

US ballistic missile intercept launch site on Fort Greely
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Fort Abercrombie State Historical Park
Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985

Abandoned Alaskan copper mine ghost town
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In 1916, the peak year for production, the mines produced copper ore valued at $32.4 million.
In 1925 a Kennecott geologist predicted that the end of the high-grade ore bodies was in sight. The highest grades of ore were largely depleted by the early 1930s. The Glacier Mine closed in 1929. The Mother Lode was next, closing at the end of July 1938. The final three, Erie, Jumbo and Bonanza, closed that September.

Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (SIT)

Adak Airport
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Fort Glenn Army Airbase (abandoned)
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Cape Field at Fort Glenn also known as Fort Glenn Army Airbase, is a site significant for its role in World War II fighting.

Russian-American Building No. 29

SS Nenana at Alaskaland
The Nenana ran Alaska's rivers from 1933 to 1952 bringing supplies, news, employment and transportation to each of its stops. It now rests in state at Alaskaland.

Brooks River Archeological District

Kijik ghost town

Kake Cannery
Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1997

Sheldon Jackson College

Amalik Bay Archeological District

Walrus Islands