Winter creativity is on full display in this collection of funny and unexpected snow sculptures. Forget the traditional ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

The festival first began in Sapporo’s Odori Park in 1950, when the snow sculptures were made by local high school students. By 1974, it had gained international recognition and added a contest ...

How many zoo animals can say that they got their very own snow sculpture? Well, these two lucky polar bears can!

Full-scale production for the snow sculptures continued from Jan. 7 to Feb. 2. During that 27-day period, 21 days, or nearly 80 percent of the total, had highs of zero or higher. At times ...

Winter in Sweden. Competitions are held to make sculptures out of snow. Every year a hotel is built entirely of snow and ice. Snow is blown onto a metal frame. Once the frame is removed the snow ...

Eva Zu Beck heads to the Slovenian mountains and puts her building skills to the test in a snow-castle competition ... that instead of erasing history, art should challenge it to spark debate.

SAPPORO--Designs for large-scale sculptures that will feature at the Sapporo Snow Festival to be held Feb. 4-11 include a plant-eating dinosaur and a mockup of the new home turf of the ...