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Ice Castles

Podcast: Empress Anna’s Ice Palace

The spectacle in St. Petersburg, Russia, was the site of an incredibly strange wedding.

The Podcast Team January 25, 2023

Russian painter Valery Jacobi's 1878 <em>Ice House</em> depicts the jester, Mikhail Golitsyn, and the Kalmyk woman, Avdotia Buzheninova, being paraded to their icy bed chamber.

The Time a Russian Empress Built an Ice Palace and Forced Her Jester To Get Married In It

Cruel joke, power move, or both?

Sarah Durn October 4, 2022

Woodstock, New Hampshire

Ice Castles

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

Fairbanks, Alaska

Aurora Ice Museum

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

Icehotel

The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.

Harbin Ice and Snow Festival

One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.

Explore the Most Dazzling Palaces of Ice, Handmade from Thousands of Icicles

Allison Meier December 24, 2013

Geilo Ice Music Festival

Norway's chilly all ice-instrument festival.

Kemi Snow Castle

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.