Anchorage, Alaska city guide: What to do and where to stay in America’s last frontier

Wild mountains meet modern buildings in Alaska’s largest city - (Getty/iStock)

Described as America’s last frontier, Alaska is often assumed to be inaccessible, vast and mysterious. It can be all of those things, but there is a gateway to untold adventures in Anchorage.

The enormous US state may be twice the size of Texas, but it only has a population of under 750,000, and almost 300,000 of those people live in and around Anchorage.