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You may never have heard of Skagway, but I’ll bet you have heard of the gold rush. Skagway is where the gold rush was formerly centered, so it’s easy to see how the population has dropped from 20,000 residents to less than 1000 today.

Skagway is a great place to check out it’s wacky history, which resembled a town in the old west, with saloons, brothels – the whole nine yards. One of the best things though, is that there is still a lot of gold there! A lot of tourists will actually come try their luck at finding gold, and it’s not impossible to find some. While some people walk away with nuggets worth $20,000, others will find small pebbles that they keep as a souvenir, so this is a worthwhile excursion if you can try it.