Even if trains, history and nature aren’t your cups of tea on their own, something absurdly special happens when the three combine. The White Pass and Yukon Route Railway is a staple of any visit to ...

A tourist train along the White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad makes its way back to Skagway. Photo Credit: TW Photo by Eric Moya One of my favorite ways to sightsee is from the comfort of a rail car. If ...

On the Klondike Highway outside Skagway, I biked down a mountain past rugged cliffs — my hands hurt from squeezing the brakes so often. In Juneau, I swung above the treetops on a zip-line, strapped ...

Carnival Corp. has made an investment in Alaska that includes ownership of the White Pass & Yukon Route excursion railroad in Skagway. On its website, the railroad says it is Alaska's most popular ...

JUNEAU -- The new boom industry in Skagway is tourism, providing the bulk of the jobs and at the height of the summer, regularly giving the big cruise port the lowest unemployment rate in the state.

In 1896, gold was discovered 600 miles from Skagway, Alaska at Rabbit Creek, a tributary of the Klondike River in the Yukon Territory. People worldwide raced to reach the Klondike gold fields, making ...