Thermal bathing is an interesting concept, anthropologically speaking. Archaeologists have traced the practice back to before 11,000 BC – though experts aren’t entirely certain whether a dip in a ...

Jackson, Wyoming In the Gros Ventre Mountains south of Wyoming’s ritziest tourist town, Granite Hot Springs offers low-key access to the area’s healing geothermal waters, with both a natural spring ...

Is there anything more magical and inviting than a misty, secluded hot spring on a cold winter day? Maybe, but I haven’t discovered it yet. The Western United States is teeming with natural hot ...

Travelers looking to soak in a natural thermal or mineral spring are most likely to think about jetting off to Iceland’s Blue Lagoon, a spa in Bath, England, or perhaps visiting one of Japan’s famous ...

Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, is often credited as having America’s first spa, but the town doesn’t actually exist. “Many folks here say Berkeley Springs is more of a state of mind than a place,” ...

From the coast to the bush, the Great Victorian Bathing Trail is drawing a 550-mile arc of well-being across the state. Guests take a dip in the cold water plunge pool at Hepburn Bathhouse & Spa.