Northern Lights at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Northern Lights is a brand-new light show at the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum that puts the trees themselves in the spotlight. A one-way path leads past 18 new installations, with projection, uplighting and synchronized sound on oaks and pines, a canopy of lights, bonfires by the pond and five geometric sculptures by art studio HYBYCOZO in the Perennial Garden. A 60-foot interactive shadow wall invites play, and the Rootstock cafe glows with HYBYCOZO lanterns.

Our take: Buy timed tickets ahead, because gate tickets cost extra and depend on space.