Alaska Tour Guide

Listings for the ‘Shopping’ Category

Around the world from across Alaska, 10th and M Seafoods supplies a rich variety of the finest seafood harvested from the cool, pure waters of the 49th State. From Prince William Sound to the
Yukon River salmon, halibut, crab, and shrimp are processed into fresh or frozen packs for our retail
counter, for some of Alaska’s finest restaurants, and for shipment almost anywhere in the world.10th & M Seafoods is the proud recipient of the 2009 “Best of Anchorage” Award!

Title Wave Books is the largest independent bookstore in Alaska, and one of the largest new-and-used bookstores in the entire country! Alaskan owned and operated since 1991, Title Wave is dedicated to book-lovers of every persuasion. We feature a half-million titles in stock every day, plus a great selection of discounted audiobooks, music CDs, and DVDs.Map

4th Avenue Market Place

Located in Ship Creek Center, the 4th Avenue Market Place is a unique shopping venue featuring Alaska’s largest display of the 1964 Earthquake, larger-than-life Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race™ murals, Tlingit bear totem pole and a permanent art exhibit featuring the full collection of 63 Alaska prints by Alaskan artist Fred Machetanz (1908 – 2002).

In addition to the Alaska Experience Theatre, the Market Place is home to retail shops, restaurants and coffee shops and features Alaska Native shows, artist demonstrations and live music in summer. Map

Gold Quartz- Gold and Quartz were formed together millions of years ago by hydro-thermal pressure within the earth. Miners and geologists have to look long and hard for gold in quartz often tunneling deep within the earth to find pockets of this mineral. When the quartz contains a rare gold dispersion, an exquisite piece of jewelry can be created. Gold quartz is very durable, it rates 7 on the hardness scale. We guarantee the authenticity of all of our gold quartz and provide a 3 year guarantee against breakage. We invite you to view our complete collection.Map

My wife Michele and I are the owners and operators of the Alaska Mint. I was 4 years old when my parents moved our family to Alaska from Colorado. They were young and ambitious. After working as a “roughneck” on oil platforms for a while, they had saved up enough money to start a business, a small jewelry shop. My brothers, sisters and I have grown up in the jewelry business, and today each of us specializes in a different aspect of it.

Originally, we produced the art work and had medallions manufactured outside of Alaska. In 1990, I started acquiring and assembling the equipment to mint silver and gold medallions right here in Anchorage. We started out with 1 coin design, but soon new designs were being requested as well as related products. Today, we draw the designs, cut, polish and heat treat the dyes. We strike all of the medallions in our location on 4th Avenue in downtown Anchorage. Our medallions are detailed reproductions of original sculptures, many highly collectible with mintage of only 40 to 50 coins per year. Map