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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Bow Bridge in Central Park, New York City
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Pont dArcole over the Seine river, Paris, France
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Polar bear season in Manitoba
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It’s NASA’s 60th birthday
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Wildlife crossing, Wierden, Netherlands
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In the Garden of Europe
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Tulips at Emirgan Park in Istanbul, Türkiye
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The ruins of Italica, Andalusia, Spain
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Where is this wintry road?
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Aït Benhaddou, Morocco
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Wicker fields in Cañamares, Spain
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National Park Service anniversary
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Village of Zahara de la Sierra, Cadiz, Spain
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Moselle River loop near Kröv, Germany
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Extraterrestrial Culture Day
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It’s World Migratory Bird Day
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World Meteorological Day
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World Octopus Day
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Brown bears, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska
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Fiesta at Siesta
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World of WearableArt Awards
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Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
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Halemaumau Crater, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
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Arches National Park, Utah
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Poinsettia Day
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English National Ballet performing The Nutcracker
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Flock together for Cousins Day
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’Chess on ice’
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Snow buntings take flight
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We heart Berlin
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