We’re in St. Paul, Minnesota, for day seven of the Winter Carnival—an 11-day celebration of all the fun you can have during the cold winter months. In 1885, a journalist from New York who had visited St. Paul called it ‘another Siberia, unfit for human habitation.’ This news prompted the people of St. Paul to create the Winter Carnival, which debuted in 1886. When the temperature is cold enough, carnival organizers build a massive ice palace, whose ice-block walls frame the Landmark Center clock tower in our photo today.
Embracing the cold
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Red skies at Ruby Beach
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Composite image of a lunar eclipse
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Headed to the High Country
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A temple, preserved
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A goldie gala
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Full moon
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Big Bend National Park turns 78
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Wicker fields in Cañamares, Spain
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Bonifacio on the island of Corsica, France
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Corfe gets creepy
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Macro photograph of a migrant hawker dragonfly
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Canada s $20 view
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An island for the birds
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Happy Thanksgiving
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A big birthday for Big Bend
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Where is this gorgeous peak?
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Books for children of all ages
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Islands that turned the tide
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In praise of the pipes
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Welcome to California