The Northwest Angle of Minnesota is cut off from the United States, surrounded mostly by Lake of the Woods and separate from the rest of the state. The only way to get there by land is through Canada -- but the border is closed, cutting the town off from the thousands of tourists who flock there for world-class fishing every winter.
With things getting desperate, a bold move was made to plow a 30-mile ice road across the lake, giving tourism and commerce a route to the resorts. The road includes more than 22 miles across the frozen lake where the ice is about 2 feet thick.