And while most people come to this area to visit Santa Park, the Santa Claus Village or other year-round Christmas-themed attractions, I’m here for something more physically restorative: an Arctic ...

Wisconsin’s seeing more saunas pop up, but heat bathing has been part of Upper Midwest culture for over a century. It’s largely thanks to the Finnish immigrants who settled along Lake Superior.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Exterior of a Wooden Sauna in Finland Harri Tarvainen/Courtesy of Visit Finland Finland, known as the happiest country in the ...

I recently found myself trying to understand Finnish Sauna Culture while staying in a snow cabin in the Lakelands of Central Finland at a resort called Revontuli. Revontuli is where people go when ...

“How does that feel?” asks Siiri, as the spikes of the juniper branches relieve the itch on my back and the spicy scent surrounds my body. “Peaceful,” I respond, so relaxed that one-word answers are ...

I’m in the eastern reaches of Finland, in the Lakeland region that includes scenic Lake Saimaa, which has 14,000 islands and more shoreline than all of France. As the sun sinks slowly into the ...

Saimaa, Finland's largest lake, brims with traditional wellness experiences. Ask a local in Finland where they take summer vacation, and chances are good they’ll mention Lake Saimaa. The forests ...

‘They are a place where everyone is equal and stripped of status’ … Rauhaniemi, a sauna in Tampere, Finland. Photograph: Heidi Holma Steamy, spiritual and stress-busting, there are more than 3m saunas ...