Places to see at Wasilla, Alaska

Best Places to visit in Wasilla, Alaska - Best Things to do in Wasilla, AK
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Teeland's Country Store 0.09 7
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures

Teeland's Country Store, also known as Herning's Place and Knik Trading Company, is a historic retail establishment located at the corner of East Herning Avenue and North Boundary Street in Wasilla, Alaska. The oldest portion of this wood-frame building is a log structure at the back whose construction dates to 1905. Originally located at Knik, this log structure, then also used as a store, was moved to the newly established town of Wasilla in 1917 by its builder, O. G. Herning. Herning also built the present utilitarian wood-frame structure, which still operates today. The business was purchased by Walter Teeland in 1947, giving it its present name. In 1972 the store was purchased by Jules and Leslie Mead and Neil Gail Bridgewater.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

In 1986 the Meads donated the building to the Wasilla-Knik-Willow Creek Historical Society. The building was moved and over the next ten years it was restored to the original look of the Herning's Place.

1998 Jules and Leslie's son Brian Mead and his wife Colene opened Mead's Coffee House in the building which had become known as the Herning-Teeland-Mead Building.

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Wasilla 0.15 7
Railway Stations, Industrial Facilities, Interesting Places

Wasilla (Dena'ina:\u00a0Benteh) is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, United States and the fourth-largest city in Alaska. It is located on the northern point of Cook Inlet in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of the southcentral part of the state. The city's population was 9,054 at the 2020 census, up from 7,831 in 2010. Wasilla is the largest city in the borough and a part of the Anchorage metropolitan area, which had an estimated population of 398,328 in 2020.

Established at the intersection of the Alaska Railroad and Old Carle Wagon Road, the city prospered at the expense of the nearby mining town of Knik. Historically entrepreneurial, the economic base shifted in the 1970s from small-scale agriculture and recreation to support for workers employed in Anchorage or on Alaska's North Slope oilfields and related infrastructure. The George Parks Highway turned the town into a commuter suburb of Anchorage.

Wasilla gained international attention when Sarah Palin, who served as Mayor of Wasilla before her election as Governor of Alaska, was chosen by John McCain as his running mate for Vice President of the United States in the 2008 United States presidential election.

Wasilla is named after Chief Wasilla, a local Dena'ina chief. \"Wasilla\" is the anglicized spelling of the chief's Russian-given name, \u0412\u0430\u0441\u0438\u0301\u043b\u0438\u0439 Vasilij, which corresponds to the English name Basil.

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Wasilla Elementary School 0.15 7
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures

The Wasilla Elementary School, located near the corner of East Swanson Avenue and North Boundary Street in Wasilla, Alaska is a historic one-room school that was built in 1917. It was Wasilla's first school, and served as its primary school until 1934 when a larger school was built. It is 22 by 36 feet (6.7\u00a0m \u00d7\u00a011.0\u00a0m) in dimension. It was moved to its present location, in a historic park, shortly before its NRHP nomination in 1979. It had been located about three blocks away. After 1934 it was used again as a school overflow classroom and it also served as a community hall and for weddings, funerals and other events; it served as a Church of Christ for a number of years.

The school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

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Blanche and Oscar Tryck House 0.04 6
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures

The Blanche and Oscar Tryck House is a historic house on North Knik Street (at the northwest corner with the Parks Highway) in Wasilla, Alaska. Built sometime before 1916 at Knik, it was the first house in Wasilla when the community was established, moved there by the Trycks in 1917. It is a single-story wood-frame structure, roughly rectangular in shape, with a concrete foundation and a corrugated metal gable roof configured to capture rainwater for laundry and other uses. It has a brick chimney and a root cellar, and has been vacant since Oscar Tryck died in 1964.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

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Wasilla Museum & Visitors Center 0.06 6
Cultural, Museums, Interesting Places, Other Museums

Wasilla (Dena'ina:\u00a0Benteh) is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, United States and the fourth-largest city in Alaska. It is located on the northern point of Cook Inlet in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of the southcentral part of the state. The city's population was 9,054 at the 2020 census, up from 7,831 in 2010. Wasilla is the largest city in the borough and a part of the Anchorage metropolitan area, which had an estimated population of 398,328 in 2020.

Established at the intersection of the Alaska Railroad and Old Carle Wagon Road, the city prospered at the expense of the nearby mining town of Knik. Historically entrepreneurial, the economic base shifted in the 1970s from small-scale agriculture and recreation to support for workers employed in Anchorage or on Alaska's North Slope oilfields and related infrastructure. The George Parks Highway turned the town into a commuter suburb of Anchorage.

Wasilla gained international attention when Sarah Palin, who served as Mayor of Wasilla before her election as Governor of Alaska, was chosen by John McCain as his running mate for Vice President of the United States in the 2008 United States presidential election.

Wasilla is named after Chief Wasilla, a local Dena'ina chief. \"Wasilla\" is the anglicized spelling of the chief's Russian-given name, \u0412\u0430\u0441\u0438\u0301\u043b\u0438\u0439 Vasilij, which corresponds to the English name Basil.

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Wasilla Assembly of God 0.82 2
Religion, Churches, Interesting Places, Other Churches

The Wasilla Assembly of God is a Pentecostal church in the town of Wasilla, Alaska. It is affiliated with the Assemblies of God USA.

The church gained national attention in 2008 when United States presidential candidate Senator John McCain chose Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, an attendee of the church until 2002, as his running mate in the 2008 election.

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Wasilla Bible Church 1.69 2
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Wasilla Bible Church is a non-denominational, evangelical Christian church located in Wasilla, Alaska.

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Old Houses of Wasilla 0.09 1
Gardens And Parks, Cultural, Museums, Urban Environment, Interesting Places, Other Museums

Giant guitar 0.17 1
Other, Unclassified Objects, Interesting Places, Tourist Object

Salmon mosaic 0.28 1
Cultural, Urban Environment, Interesting Places, Installation

Stage 0.4 1
Cultural, Theatres And Entertainments, Interesting Places, Other Theatres

Right lion 0.48 1
Cultural, Urban Environment, Interesting Places, Sculptures

Left lion 0.48 1
Cultural, Urban Environment, Interesting Places, Sculptures

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 0.63 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Salmon watching 0.76 1
Cultural, Urban Environment, Interesting Places, Sculptures

Valley Church of Christ 0.94 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

King of Kings Evangelical Lutheran Church 1.06 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses 1.14 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Kings Chapel 1.18 1
Religion, Other Temples, Interesting Places

Wasilla SDA Church 1.46 1
Religion, Churches, Interesting Places, Other Churches

Moose 1.47 1
Cultural, Urban Environment, Interesting Places, Sculptures

Bear 1.49 1
Cultural, Urban Environment, Interesting Places, Sculptures