Annual ice palace celebration takes place in Minnesota

Sunday, January 24, 2016
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (WLS) -- A yearly celebration of winter weather is going on right now in Minneapolis.
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The 60-foot-tall "ice palaces" are made of solid ice, with walls 10 feet thick.

If you know a kid who likes to climb around in the tubes at Chuck-E-Cheese's, they'd love this. All of the ice palaces feature tunnels, caves, fountains and even ice slides.
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