Cool Experience: Ice Castles Offer Visitors Surreal Wonderland

An Ice Castle in Breckenridge, Colo.

Cindy Nielson/Icecastles.com

<a href="http://www.icecastles.com/">Ice Castles</a>, a Utah-based company, creates breathtaking glacial sculptures, caverns, archways, and tunnels by hand, using more than 20 million pounds of ice. Visitors are encouraged to explore the illuminated carved walking paths within the castles. This season, Ice Castles have locations in Colorado, Utah and New Hampshire and are open through the winter months. This image is from an ice castle in Midway, Utah.
Bryan Rowland/Icecastles.com
An Ice Castle in Breckenridge, Colo.
Cindy Nielson/Icecastles.com
An Ice Castle in Midway, Utah.
Afton Brimhall/Icecastles.com
An Ice Castle in Minneapolis, Minn.
J Louis Schufman/Icecastles.com
An Ice Castle in Lincoln, N.H.
Eric Kilby/Icecastles.com
An Ice Castle in Silverthorne, Colo.
Roger Blakey/Icecastles.com
An Ice Castle in Midway, Utah.
Ryan Davis/Icecastles.com
An Ice Castle in Midway, Utah.
Sam Scholes/Icecastles.com
An Ice Castle in Midway, Utah.
Sam Scholes/Icecastles.com
An Ice Castle in Silverthorne, Colo.
Afton Brimhall/Icecastles.com
An Ice Castle in Steamboat Springs, Colo.
Stephonie Schmitz/Icecastles.com