If you want off-the-beaten-path places to visit in Alaska, but are close enough to Anchorage to make it a day trip, how about ...

A view of the Northern Lights, a natural phenomenon caused by the interaction between the Earth's magnetic field and charged particles from the Sun by the Eklutna Lake of Alaska, Dec. 31 ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Eklutna Lake makes an excellent full-day adventure ... is also located in Alaska), clocking in at nearly half a million acres of hiking trails, skiing terrain, rock-climbing ...