The sculpture is the talk of Kansas City ... “There’s only so many ideas you can make by piling a giant amount of snow and picking a shape that’ll work,” he said.

In addition to admiring the giant snow sculptures and intricate ice carvings, visitors can enjoy live music, dining and shopping, fireworks and everything else Frankenmuth has to offer.

Almost 200 snow and ice sculptures are on display at three locations across the city. Among the works on display are five giant sculptures over 10m (33ft) high. The festival runs till 11 February.

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 ...