When temperatures in mid-January plummeted and the snow started flying, Noel McCarthy indulged a childhood dream—he started ...

Plumb placed the block as a cornerstone in the foundation. “This starts a tradition,” he said. The two are looking forward to telling people they’ve been building the Ice Palace with the ...

It was tradition that provided the perfect icebreaker for students enrolled in the Conservation/Natural Resource Management ...

Crews from the Eagle River Fire Department completed an ice castle there on Jan. 12, the first time since 2022 that cold weather allowed the build.

Since its inception in 1933, the Eagle River Ice Castle has carried forward the techniques and traditions of the Northwoods’ ice harvesting era. From generation to generation, volunteers have ...

In a small city nestled among the Northwoods of Wisconsin, sits an illuminated castle made of ice. Huge bricks cut from a nearby lake are the building blocks of this annual tradition. It's a badge ...

SARANAC LAKE — Work on the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Ice Palace started earlier than expected this year. On Friday, the all-volunteer Ice Palace Workers 101 set to work cutting ice blocks ...

This year's construction started on Jan. 7 when firefighters began to score the ice on the city's Silver Lake and cut the blocks used to create the castle's towers and walls. Ice more than a foot ...