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 ...

“The Opposite of Cold: The Northwoods Finnish Sauna Tradition” ($34.95, University of Minnesota Press) At first blush, the act of jumping into a lake after baking in a hot sauna and then standing ...

At the forefront of this global movement is Lunawood, the Finnish pioneer of sustainable Thermowood ® and toxin-free building practices.

As the cab slows to a stop, I scrape some of Jack Frost’s handiwork from the window and peer into the depths of the polar night. We’re only 15 minutes from the center of Helsinki, yet dense forest ...

HANCOCK, Mich. (WJMN) – The upper Midwest is considered the Sauna Belt of the United States, and this Finnish tradition will be celebrated for a whole week this month. February 18-24 is National Sauna ...

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, ...

He also happens to have recently gone through the home sauna buying process himself—and he has thoughts. “I think people need ...

CEDAR -- A few distant booms echoed inside our lodge-style hut, a signal midnight likely had come as we sweated the old year away in a traditional wood-fired sauna that New Year's Eve. There was no ...

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 ...

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 ...

More than a few have invited the Rices to sweat alongside them. The ancient Finnish tradition of sauna is trendy these days, as millennials have embraced its ritual. Mobile saunas, with their ...