Living in Alaska is fascinating, between the incredible scenery, amazing fishing, and friendly people. Although this place was once top-secret, the University of Alaska holds an open house once a year allowing visitors to check it out. One such rumor was that the facility existed to control the weather in Alaska while another rumor is that it was a Cold War weapon to control weather and communication in Russia. One purpose of this military base was to study the aurora borealis, but other rumors circulated. The High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Project, or HAARP, was once a high-security facility that housed a secret project in the middle of the woods. The Last Frontier is home to its very own Area 51. The majority of the 200 year-round residents live under the same roof at the 14-story Begich Towers, which also contains municipal services like police and post office, a school, a store, a church, and a health center. Whittier has been called the ‘weirdest in America’ and has only one way in and one way out of town. Close to the Canadian border, you can find the small quirky towns of In a state as unusual as Alaska, there are bound to be several unusual towns.
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