David Stoffer’s Nightjar Sauna and Cold Plunge went from losing money in 2023 to generating $700,000 in sales last year, ...

Keith Starling in front of one of the beautiful saunas that he produces with Tomi Supinen, owner of TnT Sauna House, using wood that would otherwise go to waste. Photo: Laura Stovel This story first ...

In this episode, we continue working on the sauna after a couple of months' break. The video includes tree cutting in the snow, building walls, and creating a custom door that will be installed once ...

Sauna culture is heating up, and not in the quiet, niche way it once did. What began as a regional tradition closely associated with Nordic life has moved into the global mainstream, propelled largely ...

In this video, we revisit our new project after a few days and discover that the foundations are unstable. The logs previously placed on top of the rocks are wobbly, prompting us to build wooden boxes ...

With a bundle of birch leaves as my pillow, I’m in my swimsuit, lying face down on a makeshift massage table in a 180-degree sauna tent. I hear the hiss of water on hot rocks before I feel boiling ...

Winter in the Upper Midwest has a distinctly Nordic soul. Once December settles in, snowfall blankets the tall pines of the boreal forests, the edges of Lake Superior harden into ice, and the days ...