America turns 250.

Let's go find the candles.

Looking for a history lesson that doesn't feel like homework? You've found it. At 250history.com, the Semiquincentennial Series brings each state's distinctive landmarks to center stage to tell their fast and fun story.

We've wandered through big cities, tiny towns, muddy trails, and neon-lit highways-uncovering 5,000 historic gems along the way.

The Semiquincentennial isn't just a mouthful-it's a reminder that history is alive, sometimes weird, and always waiting to be rediscovered.

Whether you're traveling by road, by printed page, or by imagination; whether you are a lifelong native or visiting for a week, we invite you to explore 100 Alaska landmarks that illuminate the one-of-a-kind story of the Last Frontier.

Stampeders... "Roosevelt's Tree Army"... fur traders... "Ambassadors

of Alaska"... Operation Landcrab... "high noon at midnight baseball"...

constant-angle dams... "the forgotten explorer"... Roundhouse...

Bone Dry Law... Mission 66... "Voyage of Understanding"... "Father

of Alaska Aviation"... Matanuska Colony Project... "The Last Great

Race"... Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act... "Salmon Capital of the

World"... Million Dollar Camp... "three lucky Swedes"... Parkitecture...

White Pass Trail... Arctic Brotherhood... Alaska Native Sisterhood...

"poor man's paradise"... "Great Hunt"... Alaska Native Claims Settle-

ment Act... This book will have you telling stories like a native in no

time.

The photos and stories collected here are a fast and fun way to learn

the explanations behind the quirks, the traditions and the secrets that

make Alaska uniquely Alaska. How did the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904

save Alaskan culture? Solved. How did Jefferson Randolph Smith get

his nickname "Soapy"? A mystery no more. What is the largest fisher-

ies port in the United States? Identified. What was the "doll system" in

frontier gold rush saloons? Revealed. Was the sinking of the SS Clara

Nevada an inside job? No one knows.

It is a story only Alaska can call its own. A story told in 100 landmarks. Almost all the selections within are open to the public, or at least visible from public spaces. So, fire up the GPS and see the story of the Last Frontier standing in plain sight on Alaska streets!