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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Ministry of Fun Santa School
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River otters at Acadia National Park, Maine
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Pascua Florida Day
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Who s hiding in the kelp?
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National Panda Day
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Edinburgh festivals
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International Day for Biosphere Reserves
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Wildlife crossing, Wierden, Netherlands
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Nakupenda Beach Nature Reserve, Zanzibar, Tanzania
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World Bicycle Day
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Methoni Castle, Messenia, Greece
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Abraham Lake, Alberta, Canada
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The Blue City of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
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Behold the mighty Aldeyjarfoss
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We re gonna need a bigger birdhouse
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The crossroads of empires
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Nuuk, Greenland
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It s tree-climbing season
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Native American Heritage Day
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Tall, taller, tallest
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Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California
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Tulips at Emirgan Park in Istanbul, Türkiye
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Lighting the way to new beginnings
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National Mushroom Month
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Autumn’s swan song
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Daylight Saving Time
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Mountain mists over Bavaria
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Groundhog Day
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The circular castle of Cornwall
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A Latino art exhibition in Denver
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

