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 ...

In Finland, sauna bathing has been a way of life for 10,000 years. There are an estimated 3.3 million saunas throughout the country and 5.6 million residents—saunas are found at home, at work, in gyms ...

The hygge spirit is abundant in Minnesota, making it the place to go to align your lifestyle habits with serenity. The history of Scandinavian culture in the midwest dates back over 150 years. Today, ...

Contemporary sweat baths reflect the country’s architectural past — and propose a future in which simple, sustainable buildings can still be sublime. The lowest and coolest area in traditional Finnish ...

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 ...