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
More Desktop Wallpapers:
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Birds of a feather
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Ambassadors of the airwaves
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Fight for your lefts
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Acadia transformed
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Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
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Beaver achievers
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World Rivers Day
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Blink and you ll miss it
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Florentine garden brings generations together
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Craig Goch Dam in the Elan Valley of Wales
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International Archaeology Day
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World Meteorological Day
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Giving Tuesday
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European river otter, Netherlands
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Pollinators: not to be sneezed at
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Drop in on International Surfing Day
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Happy Valentines Day!
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A glittering diamond in the rough
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A long, erratic commute
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Redwood National and State Parks, California
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An impactful day
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Lunar eclipse
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Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandy, France
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Jöriseen lakes in the Silvretta Alps, Switzerland
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Aprils full moon
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The Unfinished Obelisk near Aswan, Egypt
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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park turns 103
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All in a day s work
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Big Bend National Park anniversary
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The Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Italy
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