Alaska is packed to the gills with amazing outdoor destinations, but this small town is one of the best thanks to several ...

SITKA, Alaska — This pretty little town, looking out over the wide Pacific from its toehold on Baranof Island, is a very American place, with all the requisite pickup trucks, strip shopping centers ...

The setting of Sitka, Alaska, in a tranquil bay on Baranof Island, is nothing short of spectacular. Tiny islands dense with evergreen trees dot the blue-green water, which is crisscrossed by dozens of ...

SITKA, Alaska -- In 1804, nearly a century before the Klondike gold rush, Russian fur traders defeated Alaska's Tlingit Indians in the Battle of Sitka and proceeded to transform the Tlingit's ...

Talon Lodge & Spa in Sitka, Alaska, is a 15-minute boat ride from town and is one of the top-ranked lodges in Sitka. From the church, it’s about a half mile hike to Sitka National Historical Park, ...

The small red plastic sign on the wall behind the Avis car-rental counter set off alarm bells in my brain: “A cleaning fee may be charged due to fish smell or having animals in the car or trunk.” ...