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Go to Sarah Palin’s house and gaze across the water at Russia.
If you want to go on a Prince William Sound tour out of Seward, there are a variety of options/durations:
https://www.alaskacollection.com/day-tours/kenai-fjords-tours/
You can also find smaller tours out of Whittier which is only about 20-30 miles from Anchorage
As D1 pointed out, Alaska is huge so you need to plan where you want to go accordingly, for example Denali National Park is about 290 miles north from Anchorage. Seward is about 130 miles south of Anchorage.
Anything on the Kenai Peninsula is incredible. Homer and Seward are two spots you shouldn’t miss.
Denali is also something that will knock your socks off. If you go to Talkeetna, AK, you’ll have a great view from the Susitna river. Small town with shops and an incredible breakfast place called Talkeetna roadhouse.
1. Denali National Park -- pro tip -- if you take the bus trip that is offered within the park, and want to go anywhere near Wonder Lake -- and actually go to the NEXT stop past Wonder Lake for the iconic view of Denali -- bring a mosquito headnet and wear long sleeves and long pants. You will thank me after you feel the mosquito hordes bombarding your body trying to bite you -- not joking. Also, stay on the marked trails. There are now a fair number of Grizzlies in the park, and it's not hard to encounter them wandering off trail.
2. Homer, AK, where a lot of the crabbing and fishing industry is based -- with some great, truly local bars.
3. Sitka, AK, home to Russian architecture when it was a Russian village
4. Whale watching in Prince William Sound -- take a charter out of Seward, AK. . Humpbacks, Killer Whales, eagles, sea lions, just awesome.
5. Rent a car you will be comfortable driving in quite a bit. Alaska is an enormous state -- everything I have just described is in the southern part of the state, and it is still a lot of driving.
6. For a truly bizarre, "only in Alaska" stop, try the agricultural research station in Palmer, AK, outside Anchorage. When I was there, they had cut holes in the sides of a number of cows and installed viewing ports so they could literally watch stages of digestion.
As D2 said, Alaska is huge so plan how you want to spend your time.
Denali is about 290 miles north of Anchorage (a good 5-6 hour drive not including stops for taking pics) and Seward is about 130 miles south
^ for those old enough to remember the tv show Northern Exposure, Talkeetna served as the inspiration
"...old enough to remember...."
Sigh...
Shoot, I am old enough to remember watching Mork and Mindy as a kid.
*as D1 said*
Talkeetna is pretty cool. Some great little restaurants there, and campgrounds where you can get good views of Denali.
Oh -- and don't be surprised if you never see the mountain clearly. It is only clear something like 29 days per year.