Not everything has to be deadly serious. Check out some Daily Mail photos from a Lake Erie coastal town where homes are covered in layer upon layer of wind-driven ice and snow.
Honest to god, they look like the frozen dacha from the Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin 1965 film, Dr. Zhivago. If you've not seen the movie, or don't remember the country 'ice palace,' check out stills numbered 2, 15, 86, 91, and 94 at the IMDb site.
