Winter is a time to slow down and restore your energy. I know summer tends to get all the glory when it comes to vacations, ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Christopher and Julie Rice sat naked in the sauna, sweating in its 180-degree heat. In the crisp air outside, they then played a few hands of cribbage and noshed on pickles and ...

Perhaps it’s the chilly weather this month, but there’s just something so appealing about a sauna. Hanna Tikkanen Merk, board president of the Bay Area chapter of the Finlandia Foundation, which has ...

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. Sauna has been practiced for centuries in Finland, and Finnish immigrants to the ...

In a small, enclosed room, people sit side by side on wooden benches. Water thrown on hot stones releases clouds of scalding steam and temperatures soar to a scolding 80C. This is sauna bathing, a ...

From Finnish saunas to Korean ice tubs, these spas specialize in the practice of alternating between intense heat and intense cold. In Swedish Lapland, a guest at the Arctic Bath hotel and spa ...

DULUTH – It was 8 degrees below zero and the windchill was even colder, but Brittney Merlot wore a tank top inside the igloo-like structure next to Lake Superior. "It's almost magical," Merlot said, ...