Who knew freezing water could be so complicated? When I researched rink building, the consensus seemed to be that obtaining billiard-table-smooth ice requires a multistage layering process.

It was my wife’s idea. In winters past we had seen our friend Craig, a 50-something father of three, turn his small backyard into a magical ice rink, complete with strings of lights and homemade ...

Build your own backyard ice rink with these helpful tips provided by Q&A site Stack Exchange. Alain Asks: I'm considering building a small temporary ice skating rink in my backyard.

Construction companies are building ice houses for charity--but they only have 24 hours to finish.

There’s a better way to build a glacier. During winter in India’s mountainous Ladakh region, some farmers use pipes and sprinklers to construct building-sized cones of ice. These towering ...

How do you build a hotel out of ice—and make it luxurious, to boot? Mental Floss’s Jessanne Collins explains exactly how the IceHotel was born, step by frozen step.