Aurora Ice Museum

Another "cool" thing we did was take a tour of the Aurora Ice Museum. The building temperature is set at 20 degrees all year round to keep its contents from melting away. The museum is home to many beautiful sculptures carved in ice by a master ice artist.

Besides various statues, there are four rooms you can rent out for the night. They can’t truly call it a hotel because they don’t have the rooms licensed, but for $600 you get another room in the resort and are allowed to stay in the ice museum overnight.

Another favorite attraction in the Aurora was the ice bar. Here they served appletinis in martini glasses made of ice. They were very good. They had tried to served non-alcoholic drinks in the past, but they froze too quickly to work, so we were stuck with one of our favorite drinks.

Unfortunately, photos do not do the ice works justice. The flash washes out the beautiful lights that are used to highlight each work.