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- Country: United States
- Capital: Juneau
- Largest city: Anchorage
- City population: 626,932 (2000)
- Currency: U.S. dollar
- Time zone: AKST, HST
- Officially became the property of the United States in October 18, 186750states: Alaska Facts and Trivia
- Most important revenue source is the oil and natural gas industry50states: Alaska Facts and Trivia
- State motto: North to the Future50states: Alaska Facts and Trivia
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Attractions
Glacier Gardens Rainforest Adventure is located in Juneau and it includes over 50 acres of "lush rainforest" and "floral designs"Glacier Gardens Rainforest Adventure: Welcome made to provide visitors with a "unique natural experience." There are footpaths throughout the gardens, as well as a "580 foot level" scenic overlook from Thunder Mountain.Glacier Gardens Rainforest Adventure: HistoryNot far from the Glacier Gardens is "Juneau's most popular attraction," the "famous" drive-in Mendenhall Glacier.Lonely Planet: Mendenhall Glacier It's one of the many glaciers in the state, but one of the few that is the "most impressive"Alaska Travel Industry Association: Mendenhall Glacier and easily accessible. It really doesn't matter what kind of day it is, because the glacier is equally "beautiful" on a sunny day, then on a cloudy, rainy day; on those cloudy days, the ice of the glacier turns "shades of deep blue."Lonely Planet: Mendenhall Glacier
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