If you’re in Anchorage, Alaska today for the official start of the 2012 Iditarod, be sure to expand your mind at the Anchorage Museum. This is no just-in-case-of-a-rainy-day attraction. There’s no better way to deepen your understanding of the state’s history, people, and, thanks to an impressive collection of paintings and photographs, beauty.
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