My great-great-grandfather (Axel Laine, a Finnish immigrant) and his wife bought 100 acres of heavily forested land adjoining a small lake near Bigfork, Minn., in 1949. While he engaged in logging and ...

Near Helsinki, expat designer Jussi-Pekka Kajaala and Olympic medalist Adam Rippon build a tiny summerhouse dedicated to Finland’s favorite pastime. A view of the sauna building before the patio and ...

My family has owned lakeshore property in central Minnesota for more than 60 years. My uncles bought this property after serving in World War II. It steadily has been improved as the years passed.

In Finland, saunas have long been a way of life. But getting hot and sweaty is growing in popularity elsewhere.

Finland’s Skywheel Helsinki is set to steal London Eye’s thunder with the launch of SkySauna, the world’s first sauna cabin mounted on an observation wheel. Due to launch next month, each cabin will ...

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 ...

When Kal Barker's parents got married one of the most important first tasks for his dad was to build his new Finnish wife a sauna; in their Cheshire farmhouse. Kal explains: "The sauna was Mum's first ...

The start of the new year, the rise in Omicron cases, and the cooler temperatures of winter are all reasons to plan a secluded, laidback weekend away (over a straight-up party weekend). This season is ...

Finnish designers Aleksi Hautamaki and Milla Selkimaki have built a self-sufficient summer house on the five-acre island they own on the edge of Finland's Archipelago National Park. Called Project Ö, ...

When Skywheel Helsinki, Finland’s answer to the London Eye, opened up two years ago, it was immediately clear that something was missing. “Many of the Finns who came were asking for a sauna,” Heikki ...