Museums
Totem Heritage Center
Under $25Ketchikan museum with original 19th-century totem poles and hands-on Native arts programs.
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Creek Street
Walk a wooden boardwalk on pilings over Ketchikan Creek, lined with shops, museums and houses from the town's red-light era.
Boardwalk along the east bank of Ketchikan Creek, downtown · Ketchikan, AK
About Creek Street
Creek Street is a boardwalk built on stilts along the east bank of Ketchikan Creek. From 1903, when a city ordinance pushed brothels out of the town center, until the 1950s it was Ketchikan's red-light district, and more than 30 houses lined the creek over the years. Today the preserved buildings hold gift shops, museums and homes, and Dolly's House, a former brothel, is a museum. Married Man's Way, the trail patrons used to slip away from raids, still winds into the hills above.
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What's around here?
The closest stops to Creek Street, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.
0.3 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums
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Totem Bight State Historical Park
Check pricesA small Alaska state park north of Ketchikan with a rebuilt clan house and carved totem poles.
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Misty Fjords National Monument
No admission feeTour a wilderness of sea cliffs, fjords and rainforest east of Ketchikan by floatplane, boat or kayak.
45 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors
