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 ...

DULUTH — An attendee at FinnFest might pull into the headquarters’ parking lot just ahead of a sauna on wheels, then park next to a pickup truck with a sleeper top — a sign calling it a “Finnebago” ...

Tyyne Koylian Sargent was born to Finnish immigrant parents near a small town in Maine. She grew up speaking Finnish before she attended country... Mar 04, 2015 — Tyyne Koylian Sargent was born to ...

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Finland is a country of extreme contrasts—summers of dizzying, full-time light, followed by depressingly long, dark winters. The sauna regulates it all, offering the benefits of winter in summer and ...

In 2023, the World Happiness Report named Finland the happiest country in the world. Finns are known for their love of nature, saunas, and coffee. But some of their customs might surprise Americans.

It only makes sense that a Two Harbors native would write the definitive book on this part of the country's obsession with Finnish saunas. "Everybody knew what a sauna was [growing up], and most ...

In late 2019, Kevin MacDonald noticed that his twin 16-year-olds, Allie and Lexi, seemed sad and uninterested in schoolwork. He decided to buy an infrared sauna for the family after seeing research on ...

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 ...