Anchorage, Alaska, USA

Anchorage is Alaska’s largest city, set along Cook Inlet with the Chugach Mountains to the east. Its modern townsite took shape at Ship Creek during construction of the Alaska Railroad in 1915. The city and surrounding borough unified in 1975, creating a municipality that includes urban neighborhoods, outlying communities and broad areas of parkland. Anchorage is a major transportation and commercial hub for Alaska, linked to the rest of the state by rail, road and air.