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University of Alaska Fairbanks - - What To Do And See

 

WHAT TO DO AND SEE IN FAIRBANKS

Fairbanks, the Golden Heart of Alaska is an amazing city that offers energy and warmth which can be hardly found in other places on Earth. There are the delighting summer midnight sun and northern lights that contribute to the uniqueness of Fairbanks, together with the Arctic wilderness, that really make the city a sparkling place to live and visit. Starting with 1902 when an Italian immigrant, Felix Pedro, was considered to be the discoverer of gold in Fairbanks, the city has quickly developed into a great economical center with education, military, tourism, coal mining, gold and oild & gas as primary industries that contributed to its expansion.

 

There are so many activities and attractions to be visited in Fairbanks, Alaska, some of them being listed below, on the list of the main tourist attractions and activities in the city of Fairbanks.

 

>> Georgeson Botanical Garden - located on UAF campus, 117 W Tanana Dr, the garden houses more than 300 annual flowers, but also herbs & vegetables, together with over 1,000 perennials in trials each year.

 

>> Pioneer Air Museum - located at 2300 Airport Way, Pioneer Park, the museum is home to a remarkable air history, including both photographs of early flights and their pilots, and some personal details about the people who dared to take the pilot adventures.

 

>> Fairbanks Community Museum - located at 410 Cushman St., inside the Historic City Hall since 1996, the museum presents the history of Fairbanks from the gold rush era to the great Chena River Flood in 1967. The building that houses the museum was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2002, due to its historical and architectural importance.

 

>> University of Alaska Museum of the North - located on UAF campus, this tourist attraction is also the only only research and teaching museum in Alaska, housing over a million of artifacts and specimens, representing the North cultural traditions. The museum's research collections are structured around 10 disciplines and they are a useful tool for research on genetics, contaminants, climate change and issues affecting Alaska and the circumpolar North. The University of Alaska Museum of the North also houses the largest public display of gold and Blue Babe in Alaska, a 36,000-year-old mummified steppe bison and seismic activity and the aurora in The Place Where You Go to Listen.

 

>> Pioneer Park - previously named `Alaskaland`, this theme park is the main choice for a day out with the family, enjoying both the cultural attractions that the area includes, but also the outdoor entertainment activities that the park ensures. If you choose to visit Pioneer Park, then your tour should start with a train ride on the Crooked Creek and Whiskey Island Railroad. Then, you can visit the Native Village Museum and the Sternwheeler Nenana or enjoy the 29 pioneer cabins and buildings of the gold rush town, with a stop at the original 1904 Presbyterian Church, James Judge Wickersham's house, the Palace Saloon and Theatre, ending with a variety of stores and eateries like Kaethe's Gold Cabin and Grizzly's Tent Camp Food.

 

>> Ladd Field - currently known as Fort Wainwright and used as an Army installation, comprising family housing, medical center and modern barracks, the Ladd Field was the state's first US Army Airfield with the purpose of cold weather experimental station, air depot for repair and testing of aircraft and the principle base in Alaska for the Air Transport Command during the World War II.

 

>> The Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival - taking place every year for two weeks, he festival provides classes in a wide variety of disciplines, but also a great diversity of performances, both formal and informal.