This giant hammer at the Hammer Museum in Haines, Alaska, was modeled after a 1923 Maydole hammer.

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The Haines Brewery is owned by a gentleman originally from Owatonna, Minnesota. The grownups tell me that the adult beverages produced there are very good, especially the spruce tip ale.

The Haines Brewery is owned by a gentleman originally from Owatonna, Minnesota. The grownups tell me that the adult beverages produced there are very good, especially the spruce tip ale.

Haines, Alaska, where the mountains rise from the planes.

Haines, Alaska, where the mountains rise from the planes.

There are days when the DOT has nothing more to say.

There are days when the DOT has nothing more to say.

What does an eagle have to do to get his photo taken around here?

What does an eagle have to do to get his photo taken around here?

It isn’t the highest perch, but the rent is reasonable.

It isn’t the highest perch, but the rent is reasonable.

OK, bald eagles, look at the camera and smile.

OK, bald eagles, look at the camera and smile.

A young bald eagle tries to hide a salmon from other eagles waiting to pirate it.

A young bald eagle tries to hide a salmon from other eagles waiting to pirate it.

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A black-billed magpie. A magpie is a person who chatters noisily.

Ready for takeoff.

Ready for takeoff.