When you live in upstate New York (like I do), winter can be a real drag. Your car gets buried in snow and you have to spend hours digging it out to go anywhere. The roads are covered with slippery ice that has you clutching your steering wheel with the fear of death. Now this so-called "Siberian Express" has made the air so unbelievably frigid that I'm thinking I might never leave my house again.

However, there is one redeeming quality among all the trials and tribulations of winter: the sheer aesthetic beauty of ice and snow. These 26 dazzling displays of Jack Frost's handiwork are sure to warm your spirit