Gold Rush in Fairbanks

Discover 2 gold rush in Fairbanks.

Fairbanks, Alaska

Golden Heart Plaza

Once the center of Gold Rush mania, now the starting point for the Yukon Quest sled dog race.

The wood and tin portions of the dredge were consumed by the fire. Only the ghostly steel structure remains.

Fairbanks, Alaska

Chatanika Gold Dredge #3

A hulking remnant of Alaska's industrial gold mining boom in the 1920s.

Are we missing something unusual in Fairbanks?