Bryan Dunagan

Former Cordova mayor Margy Johnson shares her warm and inviting home downtown Anchorage home with mermaids and plenty of art and Alaskana.

Modern Dwellers Chocolate Lounge operates two Anchorage sweet spots -- one in midtown and a second "express" location downtown.

Take a trip up to the Arctic Ocean as the U.S. Coast Guard assists a University of Washington researcher with his work studying ocean ice drift.

Ian's Game Paradise caters to gamers nostalgic for the video game systems they grew up with.

Near the UAA campus, Emily Mateo and Dustin Eddins inhabit a modern home decorated with positive sayings and plaques to remind them of what matters most in life.

In this smoothly-produced video, pilot Jason Sturgis leads viewers through a workday at his company, Alaska Bush Float Plane Service.

The Tinajeros dwell in a lower Hillside home that is constantly being improved, redecorated, and remodeled, all because of a bathroom sink that was purchased long ago.

Just off of Tudor Road, the Grimsley house -- home to five people and three dogs -- includes a newly remodeled bathroom that comes in two parts for ample privacy.

Bristol Palin and her "Dancing With the Stars" partner, Mark Ballas, made an appearance at Rum Runners Thursday night. Our new intern stopped by to capture the scene.

Right off the main drag of Girdwood, Alaska, the Opalkas live in a house that used to be a trooper station.

In Wasilla, near the fire station, Cheyanne Smith lives in a modest house where she creates works of art of all types.

Photo gallery: Sarah Palin made a surprise appearance Saturday afternoon at a 9/11 remembrance rally in Wasilla.

VIDEO: Sarah Palin remembered the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks before a crowd of 300 in her hometown of Wasilla.

In West Anchorage, Patricia Partnow, an anthropologist and consultant, is the curator of her own personal collection.