Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Welcome to the ice box of the nation. These words are on three different wooden signs around the United States, and they're referring to towns. PHILIP VANDERNAIL: The image of the ice box and pretty iconic. MCEVERS: That's Philip Vandernail. He's the mayor of Fraser, Colo. His town claims the ice box of the nation title along with Big Piney, Wyo., and International Falls, Minn. The three towns have fought over this slogan for a long time - all the way back to the 1940s. And they each have pretty compelling arguments for why they are the nation's ice box. Mayor Vandernail says his Colorado ski town is so cold; the icy weather knows no season. VANDERNAIL: It can snow here in the Colorado Rockies any day of the year. Winter could show back up in the middle of summer. MCEVERS: When we talked to Mayor Bob Anderson of International Falls, Minn., he said the weather outside was 20 degrees, a temperature he described as balmy. BOB
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