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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World Otter Day
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A little bit of Wonderland in New York City
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The moai you know
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Happy Panda Day!
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Siblings that play together…
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Happy Thanksgiving from an expert face-stuffer
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Methoni Castle, Messenia, Greece
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Camels in the desert, United Arab Emirates
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Social climbing
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Nothing plain about it
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The city of Osaka at night, Japan
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Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds, England
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A red fox on the Swiss side of the Jura Mountain range
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Poinsettia Day
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Waiānapanapa State Park, Maui, Hawaii
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The dry days of winter in Etosha
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Yellowstone for the National Park Services birthday
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World Lizard Day
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Fish River Canyon, Namibia
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Purple flowers and Golden Week
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A stunning sight in Mexico s wilderness
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New Year s Eve in Sydney, Australia
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Feeling chic on Fashion Week
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Horseshoe Bend, Arizona
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A courtyard scene from Spain
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Spring equinox
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‘Ciao’ from Varenna
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Of moose and Maine
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The first ascent
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Black History Month
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

