In addition to brutally cold temps, sometimes those blasts of arctic weather bring unexpected gifts — like the ones that covered an entire Minneapolis lake this past week. "Frost flowers," or ...

Interactive art installations welcome visitors on the opening day of the annual Art Shanty Projects, on Lake Harriet in Minneapolis, Minn., Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave) ...

Turn the dial on a little ice hut on Lake Harriet to become a rabbit, a gopher, a shrew. Part of the Art Shanty Projects, the NatureGrafter lets visitors choose a Minnesota natural phenomenon ...