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
Today in History
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How lovely are your branches
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Winter in England s Cotswolds
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Hyalite Creek at Custer Gallatin National Forest, Montana
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In celebration of America’s national bird
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Last stop before leaving the solar system
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A look at Uranus, seventh planet from the sun
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It s Republic Day in India
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The natural ice wall of Misotsuchi, Chichibu, Japan
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Lavender rows, Plateau de Valensole, Provence, France
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International Day of Peace
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47 years of Badlands National Park
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Floating market, Kaptai Lake, Bangladesh
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Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
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Celebrating sea otters
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Fall Astronomy Week
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Honoring our fallen heroes
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Even nature needs a backup plan…
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Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
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National Take the Stairs Day
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Celebrating Festivus
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International Tea Day
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Let s run em up!
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Spreadsheet Day
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Antarctica Day
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Take the Stairs Day
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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World Space Week begins
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Pearl Harbor Day
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Islands that turned the tide
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A swim in the sky
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