In late January to early February, the city hosts the Northern Lights Festival, a 10-day music and ... an approximately 218,000-acre labyrinth of boreal forests, lakes and streams.

The northern lights surprise stargazers by appearing in many forms—from patches or scattered clouds, to streamers, arcs, rippling or dancing curtains. The lights move and change shape and color.

The world-famous colorful northern lights may reveal themselves to a wide swath of Americans Friday night due to an impending solar storm forecast to reach Earth. That's because when the solar ...