Igloo
Cantwell, Alaska.
About 50 miles south of Denali National Park stands one of the weirdest sights I saw while driving across Alaska.
"Intended to one day serve as a hotel, Igloo City was never completed. It was constructed sometime in the 1970s, but could not meet the building codes of the time. While it might be easier to meet some of those codes today, too much of the hotel has deteriorated over the years to make renovation worthwhile. Not for lack of trying, though. Ever since its construction the building has gone through many owners, none of whom could get it up to par.
It is so large that the four-story concrete structure can be seen by airplanes at 30,000 feet. But the interior was never finished.
It’s primary significance today is that it mark the halfway point between Fairbanks and Anchorage, Alaska’s two largest cities."
Igloo
Cantwell, Alaska.
About 50 miles south of Denali National Park stands one of the weirdest sights I saw while driving across Alaska.
"Intended to one day serve as a hotel, Igloo City was never completed. It was constructed sometime in the 1970s, but could not meet the building codes of the time. While it might be easier to meet some of those codes today, too much of the hotel has deteriorated over the years to make renovation worthwhile. Not for lack of trying, though. Ever since its construction the building has gone through many owners, none of whom could get it up to par.
It is so large that the four-story concrete structure can be seen by airplanes at 30,000 feet. But the interior was never finished.
It’s primary significance today is that it mark the halfway point between Fairbanks and Anchorage, Alaska’s two largest cities."