Wrangell Sentinel -

Wrangell’s Petroglyph Beach has been named one of the world’s ten most unusual beaches by smartertravel.com.

The beach’s centuries old etched rock artwork, and the mystery of exactly when and why it was created, helped land Petroglyph on the website’s list.

“It’s anyone’s guess what the 40 rock carvings on Wrangell’s Petroglyph Beach mean, and that’s part of the intrigue,” the smarterrtravel.com article states.

The beach is located about one mile from town and has the highest concentration of petroglyphs in Southeast Alaska. In 2000, the beach was designated a State H...