<p>Empress Anna’s Ice Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia was the site of an incredibly strange wedding. Was it a cruel joke? A strategic power move? Or something else?</p><p>READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/russia-anna-ioannovna-ice-palace-castle">https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/russia-anna-ioannovna-ice-palace-castle</a></p>


The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Empress Anna’s Ice Palace

An audio guide to the world’s strange, incredible, and wondrous places. Co-founder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters explore a new wonder every day, Monday through Thursday. In under 15 minutes, they’ll take you to an incredible place, and along the way, you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Our theme and end credit music is composed by Sam Tyndall.