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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Paleontology meets art
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A long, erratic commute
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World Lake Day in the Faroe Islands
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Kings Mountain, Chugach Mountains, Alaska
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Go Fly a Kite Day
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Ancient art in the Amazon
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A Eurasian red squirrel in Switzerland
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Road-trip worthy attraction in the heartland
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Cannes, France, in the spotlight
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World Turtle Day
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World Oceans Day
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Fiesta at Siesta
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Little Pigeon River, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee
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International Tiger Day
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Mute swan
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World Rivers Day
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National Cherry Blossom Festival, Washington, DC
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National Hispanic Heritage Month
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International Museum Day
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Once upon a midafternoon dreary…
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Gray seal sleeping on the beach, Orkney Islands, Scotland
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Giving Tuesday
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In the Highlands for Saint Andrew s Day
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Daintree Rainforest and Noah Beach, Queensland, Australia
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Mount Rainier National Park
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Old underground cellar, Bavaria, Germany
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Arrr! Can you talk like a pirate?
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Feast of the Donkey
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Birds of a feather
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30 years after Exxon Valdez
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