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Treasure Hunt fan sent bride-to-be on 8-day ring search

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Bryan Gustavson proposed to his longtime girlfriend Jessica Rushenberg by a mini treasure hunt whose final clue led her to the gazebo in Irvine Park i
By JAIME DELAGE | jdelage@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressJessica Rushenberg waited years for her high school sweetheart to pop the question, so it se

St. Paul had some amazing ice palaces - here they are

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The 1986 ice palace near Lake Phalen was assembled with the help of 1,000 volunteers. The 128-foot-tall spectacle drew hundreds of thousands of visito
By NICK WOLTMAN | nwoltman@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer Press
Over its 130-year history, the Winter Carnival has brought 36 Ice Palaces to St. Paul — some more palatial than others.This year’s palace in Rice Park
Crews construct a mini ice palace in Rice Park in downtown St. Paul, Sunday, January 24, 2016. (Pioneer Press: Scott Takushi), Joe Vanek of Hinckley helps build a round room on one side of the mini ice palace in Rice Park in downtown St. Paul, Sunday, January 24, 2016. (Pionee, Jim Brown uses a chainsaw to cut ice blocks to size, as Dan Klingner looks on, as crews build the mini ice palace in Rice Park in downtown St. Paul, S, helps build the mini ice palace in Rice Park in downtown St. Paul, Sunday, January 24, 2016. (Pioneer Press: Scott Takushi), Rob Graham stacks up ice blocks for one of the Four Winds sculptures which will ring the mini ice palace in Rice Park in downtown St. Paul, Sunday, Ja, A stack of ice blocks will be carved into a South Wind sculpture of a bull and caballero, one of the Four Winds sculptures at the four corners of Rice, Carnival-goers walk past the 2004 Ice Palace, The 2004 Ice Palace is illuminated after dark, Vulcans and the Royal Family do battle outside an ice palace, A main paints an Ice Palace model, Carnival-goers sit on the ice throne outside the 2004 Ice Palace
But there have been plenty of impressive Ice Palaces in past years. From the Pioneer Press archives, here are 14 of the most spectacular:1886: Origina

The Deed is Done

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When January's slanting snowMakes us dream of Mexico,Saint Paul emerges from wintry sleepTo search for treasure buried deep.Notice to every hunting ba