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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Red-leaf hunting in Japan
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World Jellyfish Day
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In the valley of the doll
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It’s National Walk to Work Day
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Taughannock Falls State Park
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A young jaguar on a riverbank, Pantanal, Brazil
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Avatar Mountains, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, China
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Vieste, Apulia, Italy
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Swinging into International Jazz Day
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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Ingenuity in action on the Santa Monica Pier
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World Whale Day
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World Art Day
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National Mushroom Month
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Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
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Wildcat in a winter wonderland
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Aït Benhaddou, Morocco
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Dog days of summer
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Ludwig’s palace
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Great horned owl fledglings
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Join the parade for World Elephant Day
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The ruins of a Maya superpower
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Where fire meets water
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Bowling Ball Beach in Mendocino County, California
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Panda Day
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Let the games (finally) begin!
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Drop in on International Surfing Day
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The beach at Cala Luna, Sardinia, Italy
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Today is World Refugee Day
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National Lighthouse Day
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