Nominated by locals

McCarthy and Kennicott

A hidden gem in Alaska

A pair of frozen-in-time towns deep in Wrangell-St. Elias, reached by the 60-mile gravel McCarthy Road, where you can wander a rust-red abandoned copper mill against a backdrop of glaciers.

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