The blockbuster exhibit “Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination” will make its final U.S. stop at the Science Museum of Minnesota in downtown St. Paul June 13-Aug. 24.

The acclaimed Guthrie Theater in downtown Minneapolis will stage the premiere of a new musical, “Little House on the Prairie,” running Aug. 15-Oct. 5.

New paved segments recently connected the Lake Wobegon, Central Lakes and Soo Line trails in central Minnesota, creating a continuous network of 127 miles of paved trail for great biking.

The Minnesota Zoo has opened a major new, permanent exhibit called Russia’s Grizzly Coast, featuring the habitat and animals of the little-known Kamchatka Peninsula.

The newly revamped indoor amusement park in the center of Mall of America is now Nickelodeon Universe.

Geocaching, a kind of high-tech treasure hunt, is at the center of a new program that Minnesota State Parks are rolling out for the summer of 2008 in celebration of the state’s 150th birthday.