摘要
1895年，科罗拉多州的莱德维尔镇陷入了窘境。前来开采银矿的人们放弃“发财梦”，陆续离开并一去不返。镇上官员们需要制定计划留住居民，说服游客前来参观，或者说，最好在此生活。一番讨论之后，他们决定建造非同寻常的景观，以吸引人们到镇上来。在他们看来，一座三个足球场大的冰雪宫殿一定称得上“非同寻常”。
In 1895, the town of Leadville, Colorado, was in trouble. People who had come to the town to find silver in the mines were not striking it richanymore. They were leaving and never coming back.
