Last year, I won a free cruise around southern Alaska and had no idea what to expect. From day one, I saw brown bears catching salmon and humpback whales breaching just yards away. The trip gave ...

Travels in Alaska: The images date from the 1950s and 1960s, and were mostly taken in Alaska, including the town of Anchorage, pictured. Courtesy of Jennifer Skupin.

Travels in Alaska: The images date from the 1950s and 1960s, and were mostly taken in Alaska, including the town of Anchorage, pictured. Courtesy of Jennifer Skupin.

Russia sold Alaska to the United States in 1867 for $7.2 million, and 92 years later, ... These vintage photos show what Alaska looked like before it became part of the United States.

Photographer LeRoy Zimmerman took these stunning panoramic images of the northern lights near Fairbanks, Alaska, on Dec. 7. He snapped about 500 shots in half an hour, two-second exposures taken ...