All Fountainhead Hotels & Resort guests enjoy the complimentary Around Town Express (Summer Only), which follows a scheduled route to popular Fairbanks attractions. Stops include the Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum, UA Museum of the North, Pioneer Park and Morris Thompson Cultural & Visitors Center in the heart of downtown Fairbanks. But be sure not to leave Fairbanks without experiencing our very own Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum and the Wedgewood Wildlife Sanctuary. 

fountainhead antique Auto Museum

At the Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum, visitors are astonished to discover this world-class collection of beautiful machines and fashions. The custom-built facility with an eye-popping assortment of Edwardian finery, Flapper dresses, Art Deco gowns, and some of the most visually stunning automobiles ever to grace America’s roads in the early 20th century is a must see for every visitor. The museum has a collection of over 95 automobiles that includes, 85 horseless carriages, steam cars, Roaring 20s speedsters, luxury classics, and rare autos such as Argonne, Compound, and Heine-Velox look like they just rolled off the showroom floor.
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Woven among the vehicles and 100+ fashions are entertaining videos, large scale archival photographs, and exhibits showcasing Alaska’s wild automobile history.
 
Many of the cars are extremely rare, some being the only ones of their kind made or still surviving. These include a rare 1911 Everitt roadster, which visitors can climb into for photographs after dressing up in vintage dusters and hats. All but a few of the automobiles still run and are driven around Wedgewood Resort each summer.

Wedgewood Wildlife Sanctuary

The Wedgewood Wildlife Sanctuary is a naturally beautiful reserve that is home to an impressive variety of Interior Alaska’s wildlife. Owned by Wedgewood Resort and connecting to the Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, the sanctuary offers a prime opportunity for visitors to enjoy a quiet nature walk around Wander Lake. Benches located along the trail system provide plenty of opportunities for trail users to rest and watch for wildlife.
 
More than 120 bird species, 15 kinds of mammals, three species of fish, one amphibian and a wealth of insects and plants have been recorded in the sanctuary. These include migratory birds as well as year-round resident chickadees, redpolls, owls, flying squirrels and moose. You can explore how plants and animals survive Alaska’s extreme climate by reading the Sanctuary Discovery signs located along the trails.

Explore the Boreal Forest

The one-mile Taiga Trail loops over Isabella Slough and through a mosaic of boreal forest habitats, including towering white spruce, a small black spruce wetland and stands of paper birch, quaking aspen and stately cottonwoods. The trail also winds along the western shore of Wander Lake, where visitors can enjoy the view from our large observation deck.

Sanctuary Wild Berries

An abundance of wild berries can be found at the sanctuary. Read about berries growing along the Sanctuary Trails.

A Model Wetland

Wander Lake is a former gravel pit that has been restored by excavating shallows, transplanting in fish and aquatic plants, removing invasive weeds, erecting nest boxes and creating islands for waterfowl. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has called Wander Lake a model wetlands restoration project. A one-mile trail loops around this scenic lake, passing a beaver house, water meadow, a photography blind and observation decks.
 
Read the Field Office Report for Wander Lake Project.