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The Saint Paul Winter Carnival and its ice palaces
1886
Saint Paul, Minnesota
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A New York reporter called St. Paul unfit for human habitation in winter, so the city built an ice palace out of Mississippi river ice and threw a festival at it. The palaces have gone up sporadically ever since, the tallest at 166 feet.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: historic site
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