Where’s the snow?

For Washingtonians frustrated with this winter’s lack of the white stuff, here’s a look at places to visit where snow abounds.

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Feb. 6, 2012

Pedestrians walk at the New York State Museum with the state Capitol in the background in Albany, N.Y.

Mike Groll / AP

Jan. 26, 2012

A pedestrian walks in the snow near the Capitol in Albany, N.Y.

Mike Groll / AP

Jan. 30, 2012

Zoey Kuikendall, 8, left, and her sister, Alyssa Melucci, 7, play in front of their house in Fulton, N.Y. More than 30 inches of snow fell in Fulton during the area's first lake-effect storm of the season.

Michelle Gabel / AP

Jan. 30, 2012

Chris Wolford digs out the driveway of her home in Fulton, N.Y.

Michelle Gabel / AP

Jan. 31, 2012

George Parry clears off the snow from a line of cars at a car dealership in Fulton, N.Y.

Peter Chen / AP

Jan. 26, 2012

The headquarters of Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester, N.Y., is pictured.

Brady Dillsworth / Bloomberg News

Jan. 26, 2012

A waterfall in the High Falls area of Rochester, N.Y.

Brady Dillsworth / Bloomberg News

Jan. 11, 2012

Dan Syrcher watches airplanes with his high-power binoculars during the warm winter weather along Lake Erie and the City of Buffalo in Buffalo.

David Duprey / AP

Feb. 6, 2012

Huts are covered with snow on Maiensaess Lafet mountain above Castiel, Switzerland. Europe was hit by a cold spell with temperatures plummeting far below zero.

Arno Balzarini / AP

Feb. 7, 2012

People skate on the frozen Keizersgracht Canal in Amsterdam. Volunteers poured onto frozen rivers and lakes in the Netherlands to shovel away snow that got in the way of a grueling speed-skating race called the Elfstedentocht, or 11 Cities Tour, being held for the first time in 15 years.

Margriet Faber / AP

Jan. 14, 2012

People throw snowballs during a snowball fight in St. Petersburg.

Dmitry Lovetsky / AP

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Feb. 2, 2012

A woman walks past snow-clad cars in Moscow. Fahrenheit , but due to high humidity and wind, weather experts said it would feel more like 15 degrees below zero.

Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 7, 2012

Lampposts are covered in ice in the coastal town of Senj, Croatia. Europeans have been battling more than a week of extreme weather, with thousands still trapped by snow in remote mountain villages in the Balkans; hundreds dead after temperatures hit as low as 33 degrees below zero; and authorities facing the prospect of flooding caused by melting snow.

Darko Bandic / AP

Feb. 7, 2012

Smoke rises from chimneys on a cold winter morning near Weimar, Germany. A cold spell has reached central and eastern Europe with temperatures plummeting far below zero.

Jens Meyer / AP

Feb. 2, 2012

Trees are covered with snow after a heavy snowfall in the Northern Spanish Basque village of Izoria.

Rafa Rivas / AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 7, 2012

People look at the frozen Triberg waterfall in Triberg, Germany.

Winfried Rothermel / AP

Feb. 3, 2012

Snow covers the landscape at sunset near Padua, Italy.

Tony Gentile / Reuters

Feb. 7, 2012

Race horses exercise in the snow in Malton, England. Britain had its first snowfall of the winter Saturday, which forced London's Heathrow Airport to cancel flights and stranded many drivers overnight on highways.

John Giles / AP

Feb. 2, 2012

A man shovels snow in Milan.

Luca Bruno / AP

Feb. 3, 2012

Tourists walk past Rome's Arch of Constantine during a snowfall. A rare mantle of snow blanketed the city's historic center.

Gabriel Bouys / AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 3, 2012

A flock of sheep look for grass in the snow, in the northern Spanish Basque village of Orduna.

Rafa Rivas / AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 7, 2012

A swan sits on partly frozen water in the Strasbourg harbor in France as sub-freezing winter weather temperatures continue to hit Europe.

Vincent Kessler / Reuters

Feb. 7, 2012

Lampposts are covered in ice in the coastal town of Senj, Croatia.

Darko Bandic / AP

Feb. 3, 2012

A man walks through a snow-covered construction site of a train station in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi.

Mikhail Mordasov / AFP/Getty Images

Feb. 3, 2012

Snow covers Vittorio Emanuele Bridge on the Tiber River in downtown Rome. Snow is a rare occurrence in Rome, which is usually blessed by a temperate climate. The snowfall prompted authorities to stop visitors from entering the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill, the former home of Rome's ancient emperors.

Riccardo De Luca / AP

Feb. 1, 2012

A woman walks along a bank of the Moscow River on a sunny winter day in Kolomenskoye Park in Moscow.

Mikhail Metzel / AP

Feb. 4, 2012

A view of a snow-whitened St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

Andrew Medichini / AP

Feb. 3, 2012

Tourists stand in front of the Trevi Fountain during a snowfall in Rome.

Gabriel Bouys / AFP/Getty Images

Jan. 1, 2012

People walk near the 16th-century Novodevichy Convent after an overnight snowfall in Moscow.

Misha Japaridze / AP

Jan. 12, 2012

A woman shields herself from the snow with an umbrella in Moscow’s Red Square.

Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP/Getty Images

People play in the snow in front of the <span>
<em>Colosseum in Rome.</em>
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Feb. 4, 2012

People play in the snow in front of the Colosseum in Rome.

Alberto Pizzoli / AFP/Getty Images

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