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 ...

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ESCAPE RIGHT IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD. A CEDAR BARREL SAUNA. THEY MAKE IT A PRIORITY TO GET A SWEAT ON. AS WITH ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, YOU GO UP AND DOWN, BUT TRY TO GET AT LEAST TWO IN A WEEK. THIS WAS ...

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 smoked fish. Steam rose ...

KEWEENAW PENINSULA – John Niska ran naked through the forest and jumped into Lake Superior. It was cool summer day, and he'd just gotten out of his backyard sauna, which sits at the edge of the ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: If you have any health issues, you should consult your doctor before using a sauna. For some, the idea of sweating among semi-naked strangers in a small wooden box as hot as 100 degrees ...

BATTLE GROUND — When Markku Kesala sees a sauna, all he can think is that it’s time to play the music and light the lights. “Growing up in Finland, my family would sauna together every Friday,” Kesala ...

Who knew saunas were such hot stuff? We usually swoon over monuments and memorials in our heritage section but the announcement that a Finnish sauna in Aylesford, Kent in the UK, has been listed as an ...