This year’s Winter Carnival aims to truly be a St. Paul celebration. Downtown’s Rice Park — cheekily renamed “Ice Park” — and ...

And what would the Saint Paul Winter Carnival be without a huge ice throne by sculptor John Njoes? "We started with 14 blocks on Monday, in boxes, and we'll come back on Friday," he says.

The idea for the sculptures at Rice Park came from Tom Klug, a sculptor who had a daughter that was a patient at Children's ...

Winners are now crowned in the St. Paul Winter Carnival’s ice carving competitions. For the multi-block showdown, local ...

Teams have 48 hours to transform 20 of the 300-pound blocks of ice into whatever they want as part of the ice carving ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — With 139 years and counting, the oldest winter festival in the U.S. is set to kick off on Thursday in St. Paul. Unlike last year, the St. Paul Winter Carnival will actually ...

and partnered with local historian Bob Olsen to provide educational context on the history of ice structures and palaces in St. Paul, dating back to 1886 and the first Winter Carnival. “ ...

Chilly temperatures over the past few days mean only one thing: The 100-day countdown to the 2025 St. Paul Winter ... Ice-carving competitions will still take place in Rice Park as usual, but ...

The winners of the St. Paul Winter Carnival Ice Carving Competition and the Minnesota State Snow Sculpting Competition were announced Sunday afternoon. Artists carved 300-pound blocks of ice ...

The St. Paul ... Winter Carnival-exclusive "Royalty Roll" maki roll that comes served with a surprise mini appetizer. Outside the restaurant, visitors can also take a seat on a hand-carved "ice ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — On Monday, the St. Paul Winter Carnival featured a few special ice sculptures made from a sweet inspiration. Ice sculptors took pictures drawn by Children's Minnesota patients ...