Creek Street Ketchikan

View of Ketchikan, Alaska built into the hillside above the harbor
Colorful houses and shops in Ketchikan climb steeply up the hillside above the harbor, showing how this “Stairway City” has learned to live with the landscape.
Alaska Region Travel Guides / Travel Destinations

Discovering Ketchikan: Alaska’s Stairway City by the Sea

Built into the hills of Alaska’s Inside Passage, Ketchikan is a town of stories — from its fishing-camp beginnings to the colorful Creek Street boardwalk once lined with brothels. Today, those same stilted buildings house art galleries, salmon streams, and echoes of the past that make this one of Alaska’s most fascinating stops.

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February 23, 2026