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Hidden in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania (near southern Transylvania) is a church designed by Arnold Klingeis (it’s modeled after an an old Transylvanian Catholic church), who built the unusual house of worship with 30 workers over a one-month period. They used ice taken from the frozen Lake Balea. Everything from the altar to the relief carvings on the walls are created from ice and snow. There’s also a nearby ice hotel if you’re feeling extra frosty.