Bus 142, better known as the “Magic Bus” or “Into the Wild” bus, was where hiker Christopher McCandless died. UAF/Amy Chaussé I’m at the University of Alaska Museum of the North, which ...

Well, it's the ancient International Harvester bus that Christopher McCandless called his home when he trekked into the wilderness in early 1992.

McCandless, a 24-year-old American who had hitchhiked to Alaks in 1992 to hike the wilderness and live off the land, perished while living in an abandoned bus, nicknamed Bus 142, on the so-called ...

In 1992, 24-year-old Christopher McCandless discovered what he described as the “Magic Bus.” He survived in and around the vehicle for 114 days before he died of starvation, wrapped in a ...

FILE – In this March 21, 2006, file photo, is the abandoned bus where Christopher McCandless starved to death in 1992 near Healy, Alaska.

The abandoned bus, seen in March 2006, was where Christopher McCandless starved to death in 1992 in Denali National Park. (Jillian Rogers) ...

McCandless' ordeal was chronicled in Jon Krakauer's 1996 book "Into the Wild," followed later by director Sean Penn's movie of the same name.

An abandoned city bus that once lured people on sometimes deadly pilgrimages to Alaska’s backcountry can now safely be viewed at the University of Alaska Fairbanks while it undergoes ...

A bus that people sometimes embarked on deadly pilgrimages to Alaska’s backcountry to visit can now safely be viewed at the University of Alaska Fairbanks while it undergoes preservation work.