Nikiski is a census-designated place in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 4,456 at the 2020 census, down from 4,493 in 2010.
Piers extending into Cook Inlet from in-use and vacant industrial facilities
A motel from the area's boom days, now abandoned
Alaska is a U.S. state located in the northwestern regions of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is cons
The Russian settlement of St. Paul's Harbor, present-day Kodiak town, Kodiak Island, 1814
Miners and prospectors climb the Chilkoot Trail during the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush.
U.S. troops navigate snow and ice during the Battle of Attu in May 1943.
Bob Bartlett and Ernest Gruening, Alaska's inaugural U.S. Senators, hold the 49-star U.S. Flag after the admission of Alaska as the 49th state.