Few things measure up to the simple pleasures of ice cream, but what do you do when that tub is frozen solid? This one ...

From Ancient Rome to China, snow-based desserts made their mark, with a visit to the latter rumored to have inspired Marco Polo to bring the idea for cream-based frozen desserts back home to Venice.

While some Granite Staters get a dose of the outdoors on nearby ski slopes, others line up to explore towers, tunnels, slides, and thrones – all made of ice.