Southeast Alaska is a magical place. Colorful small towns full of history line the shores. Humpback whales and orcas swim in the waters. Bears and moose wander the wilderness so breathtaking you ...

Using ferries to navigate the Inside Passage is genius. For locals, the 3,500-mile Alaska Marine Highway System is a handy way to get from town to town when the roads are impassible (or nonexistent).

Alaska is thousands of rugged miles from the Lower 48 — so remote and wild that it’s almost a mythical land. But there’s a link between dream and reality: Every Friday the Alaska Ferry sets ...

Travel; Alaska's Marine Highway offers economical ferry cruise through spectacular Inside Passage (photos) Published: ; Jan. 16, 2018, 4:39 p.m.

I’ve always wanted to see Alaska’s Inside Passage by ferry instead of by cruise ship. Fewer people, fewer rules and much less miniature golf on a ferry, which suits me fine.

JUNEAU, Alaska -- When you think of the Alaska Marine Highway ferry system and the Inside Passage, think just two steps to the left of a traditional cruise, something like the waterborne ...

Pitch a tent and roll out your sleeping bag or book a bunkbed and ferry to the towns of Alaska’s Inside Passage on the Alaska Marine Highway System.

The thrum of the engines churning north through the Inside Passage to Alaska sounded soothing enough, rumbling up from below somewhere around 3 a.m. Outside, I knew, the dense forests and rocky ...

Alaska TourismAn Alaska ferry cruises the Inside Passage. Alaska celebrates 50 years of statehood Jan. 3. We were 24 hours north of Bellingham, so spotting a bald eagle was already routine. But ...