Skagway

Skagway is the northern terminus of the Inside Passage and a near-perfectly preserved Klondike Gold Rush boomtown, with wooden boardwalks, false-fronted saloons, and the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park spread across the compact downtown. The signature shore excursion is the White Pass & Yukon Route Railway, a narrow-gauge train built in 1898 that climbs 3,000 vertical feet of cliff-hugging track to the Canadian border. Dog-sledding on Denver Glacier, hiking the Chilkoot Trail trailhead, and Liarsville salmon bakes fill out most passengers' days ashore. Cruise ships moor at one of four berths within a short walk of Broadway, the main drag.