This log cabin tree house looking structure is called a food cache.
The homesteaders in Alaska needed (and still need) a way to keep their food safe from ground dwelling critters of all types that would find it irresistible. Using the resources they had available, they made a pantry on stilts.
In the greater Fairbanks area, you see these everywhere. Some are in use, but most of the ones in town are ornamental, there as homage to a little piece of our state’s history, like this one on the UAF Inter-Aleutians Campus.
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