Long-serving as the gateway to Alaska’s wilderness, Anchorage is the largest city in the state with less than 300,000 inhabitants. Best known for its contrast between nature and city, Anchorage is famous for hiking trails, glaciers, and wildlife while boasting its local cultures and history with pride. Art fills the city streets and local galleries, while numerous museums such as the Alaska Native Heritage Center that teaches of the many distinct native cultures, each with traditions reaching back thousands of years, and continued, contemporary presence in Anchorage today.