Go wild — literally — in Juneau

Costa’s Diner on Merchant’s Wharf, no phone.

The visitor center for the Mendenhall Glacier is at the head of Glacier Spur Road, phone 907-789-0097. It’s open daily in summer from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., in winter Thursdays-Sundays 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission is $3 adults, free for kids 12 and under.

Goldbelt Tours, 76 Egan Drive, phone 800-820-2628 or 907-586-8687; www.goldbelttours.com/. The day-long tour, departing at 9 a.m. and returning at 5 p.m. costs $147 per adult, and $102 for children 12 and under.

Eddie’s Fast Food, 225 Front Street in the Miner’s Mercantile Building, phone 907-523-8026.

Alaska State Museum, 395 Whittier Street, phone 907-465-2901; www.museums.state.ak.us/. Admission is $5 for adults, free for those 18 and under. Open daily from 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., mid-May through mid-September and Tuesdays through Saturdays 10 a.m.-4 p.m. the rest of the year.

The Perseverance Trail begins at the end of Basin Road, about 1.5 miles from the heart of downtown Juneau. Bring ample water and sunscreen.

Mount Roberts Tramway, 490 South Franklin Street near the cruise ship dock, phone 888-461-8726, 907-463-3412; www.goldbelttours.com/. A full-day pass is $24 adults, $13 for children ages 6-12, free age 5 and under. It’s closed from October through April. 

DiSopra Restaurant, 429 W. Willoughby Avenue, phone 907-586-3150.

The Hangar, 2 Marine Way, phone 907-586-5018.

The Red Dog Saloon, 278 South Franklin Street.

Pauline Frommer is the creator of the new Pauline Frommer guides in bookstores now. Her book, Pauline Frommer's New York, was named Best Guidebook of the Year by the North American Travel Journalists Association.

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