Kennicott in Alaska is a copper mining town which once provided work and a community to hundreds of residents. Surrounded by ...

The town was once a thriving copper mining community, home to hundreds of workers, but is now a popular tourist destination ...

The once-thriving community was a copper mining town and home to hundreds of workers, with visitors able to explore the area ...

Philip Kennicott is the Pulitzer Prize-winning art and architecture critic of The Washington Post. He has been on staff at The Post since 1999, first as classical music critic, then as culture critic.