Ketchikan
Located in southern Alaska, Ketchikan features a wee colorful cluster of stilt houses poised o’er Ketchikan Creek. It’s most famous for its indigenous heritage which is mainly Haida and Tlingit. Thus it’s also the best place in the US to see brightly painted and intricately carved totem poles in their intended environs. Take in the mountains, glacier-born valleys, and verdant green forests too.
