FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- Visiting Alaska this summer? Make your way up to Fairbanks to sample some of the city's newest attractions, including a school where you can cook with moose meat and birch syrup, and a series of cultural programs that include native dances and everything you always wanted to know about dog-mushing.

Also new in Fairbanks this summer are a trolley with stops that include downtown and the University of Alaska Museum of the North, as well as the Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum, which opened June 1 with 60 carriages, steam cars, 1930s sedans, and early electric cars on display.

At the Chez World Cooking School, cooking demonstrations and hands-on dinner classes are offered daily using everything from salmon and halibut to reindeer sausage

A "Cultural Connections" series running through Aug. 21 at the new Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitor Center offers traditional Athabascan music and dance Monday-Thursday; a presentation by champion dog-musher Jennifer Probert, including some demonstrations with her lead dog Diamond, on Fridays; and a film about Arctic Alaska's Brooks Range park on Sundays. All programs are 7-8 p.m.

For more information about visiting Fairbanks, go to http://www.explorefairbanks.com/.

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