Destination saunas worth the trip in the United States

San Francisco, United States

A three-storey Russian-led banya on the Bayview waterfront, fusing Russian parilka, Turkish hammam, German sauna and Roman bathing into one circuit. Sessions revolve around heat-cold-rest cycles with venik platza treatments. A rooftop deck over the bay, a restaurant and a bar make it as much a social hangout as a wellness facility.

Morganville, United States

Marlboro Banya is a Russian-style bathhouse in a business park on Amboy Road in Morganville. Four saunas, among them a river-rock room and a granite room, sit beside a steam room and a cold plunge. A backyard holds a hot tub, fire pits and a barrel of spring water, and the bathhouse has its own restaurant.

Las Vegas, United States

BATHHOUSE sits inside the Mandalay Bay complex on the Strip, in the hotel that swapped the Delano name for W Las Vegas in late 2024. The circuit runs a redwood sauna, a eucalyptus steam room, hot and cold whirlpools and a cold plunge room. A day pass buys the circuit without a treatment, hotel guest or not.

Hollywood, United States

Beach Banya is a Russian banya on the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk, steps from the Atlantic. It has a hot banya room with birch veniks, a dry sauna, a eucalyptus steam room and an ozonated cold plunge. Public walk-in evenings run alongside private sessions for anyone from one guest to a large group.

Plano, United States

beem calls this studio North Richardson, but it sits on West Plano Parkway inside Plano. Sauna sessions are private, in a full-spectrum infrared cabin with colour light. Red light therapy is sold alongside, and the two can be booked as one visit.

Los Angeles, United States

Formerly Beverly Hot Springs, this Korean bathhouse on North Oxford Avenue sits over a natural artesian well. Its warm mineral water fills a stone grotto pool, beside a cold plunge, a eucalyptus steam room and a dry sauna. Women and men bathe in separate sections where nudity is optional, and Korean body scrubs are booked on top.

Fair Lawn, United States

BRC Day Spa & Sauna Resort is a Russian-style bathhouse on Broadway in Fair Lawn, open to walk-ins on a day ticket. Admission covers Russian dry and wet saunas, Turkish and aroma steam rooms, an ice-cold plunge, a lap pool and a jacuzzi. Bathing is co-ed in swimsuits, with a restaurant and bar on site.

Brooklyn, United States

A Russian bathhouse on Coney Island Avenue in Kensington, open every day from late morning until eleven at night. Steam rooms, cold plunge pools and platza treatments with oak leaves, and walk-ins are taken without an appointment. Swimwear is required, and the whole place can be taken over for a group.

Brooklyn, United States

A bathhouse on Flatbush Avenue with three saunas, among them a Finnish dry room and a temperate wet room, plus a steam room and hot, neutral and cold plunge pools. A day pass buys four hours with towels, robe and sandals, and there is a cafe and bar on site. Massages and facials are booked separately.

Duluth, United States

A floating barge sauna at Pier B on Lake Superior, a wood-fired Finnish cabin with windows over the water. Ladder access takes you straight into the lake. Booked as 90-minute private sessions for small groups, with Lake Superior itself as the cold plunge.

Cedar Park, United States

Cedar Banya is a Russian-style banya in Cedar Park, founded in 2025. Its steam room is lined in live-edge cedar around a stone stove, and fresh veniks are sold on site. Outside, cold plunge tubs sit beside a tented lounge, and herbal tea comes with every visit.

Bannockburn, United States

ELEOS is a float and infrared sauna studio on Waukegan Road in Bannockburn, north of Chicago. Infrared sessions are booked in a private room for up to three people, with a cold plunge as an option. Float tanks and a couples' float pod make up the rest of the menu.

Jersey City, United States

Enso runs private infrared sauna suites on Central Avenue in Jersey City Heights, for one or two people. Contrast sessions pair the sauna with a cold plunge in the same suite. Red light, compression and lymphatic treatments are booked separately.

Philadelphia, United States

A traditional sauna on Brown Street, booked privately for one to four people at a time. Ninety-minute slots include a cold shower and cold plunge, a private toilet and shower, and a locker with towels and robes, with a lounge shared with at most one other group. Massage and monthly breathwork evenings run alongside.

Richmond, United States

Good Hot calls itself a deconstructed bathhouse: five private wood-fired saunas along the Point San Pablo coastline. The cold side of the cycle is San Francisco Bay itself, with outdoor showers for rinsing afterwards. Each sauna goes to one group, and the project subsidises low-income QTBIPOC visitors with discounted sessions and Uber reimbursement.

North Miami Beach, United States

A Turkish hammam on Biscayne Boulevard in North Miami, built around marble bathing halls with a central gobek tasi. A day pass covers two saunas, a steam room, a salt room, an ice igloo, cold plunges and a hydromassage pool. Bathing is co-ed in swimwear, and a Turkish restaurant sits on site.

Lawrence, United States

Jalu is a private bathhouse in woods and prairie north of Lawrence, built by hand by a Tibetan-American family. Each booking has the whole place to itself. A cedar sauna sits with a cedar hot tub, a seasonal herbal bath, a Himalayan salt cave and an outdoor cold plunge.

Baileys Harbor, United States

Kiln is a cedar sauna that floats at the Gordon Lodge dock on Lake Michigan's North Bay in Baileys Harbor. Sessions stay dockside, and the cool-down is a plunge into the lake. Public sessions are social and seasonal, and groups can book the whole sauna.

Dallas, United States

A Korean jjimjilbang on Royal Lane. The bathing areas are split by gender, and nine themed sauna rooms are shared by all guests in the house uniform. Rooms include a gold pyramid, salt rooms, a hinoki cypress room and a fire sudatorium.

Niles, United States

A 24-hour Korean jjimjilbang in suburban Niles with nine themed sweat rooms. Base rock, salt, ocher, ice, charcoal, amethyst, a fire sudatorium, a pyramid and the high-heat Bul Ga Ma. Visitors cycle between them, take body scrubs and acupressure massage, eat in the Korean food court, and can stay overnight in the relaxation lounge.

Cannon Beach, United States

Loma Sauna House runs a hot-cold circuit on Spruce Street in Cannon Beach. Guests move between a dry cedar sauna, a steam room, a cold plunge and an outdoor lounge with a fire pit. Massage, acupuncture and facials are booked separately, and swimsuits are required.

Stallion Springs, United States

M Ranch Sauna is a cedar-lined Finnish sauna built behind the owners' home on a ranch in Stallion Springs. A Kuuma wood stove heats it, and long windows look out over oak-covered hills. Each booking has the sauna, changing room and indoor and outdoor showers to itself.

Boston, United States

Moki's South Boston site has three Nordic saunas, one of them in an outdoor courtyard, with cedar barrel cold plunges indoors and out. Shared social sessions include towels and sandals, and walk-ins are taken when there is room. Each sauna can also be booked for a private group, and swimsuits are worn throughout.

San Francisco, United States

Onsen is a Japanese-inspired bathhouse on Eddy Street, built around a communal soaking tub. A redwood sauna, a steam room and an overhead cold plunge sit alongside it. Men's and women's days run beside co-ed sessions, and a small restaurant serves dinner after the bath.

New York, United States

Othership's first US bathhouse is on West 20th Street in Flatiron. Sessions run as guided classes or quieter free-flow visits, moving between a large cedar sauna, eight ice baths and a fireside tea lounge. Swimsuits are worn throughout, and the changing stalls are not split by gender.

Brooklyn, United States

Othership's Brooklyn bathhouse is on Kent Avenue in north Williamsburg. Tiered cedar benches face a brick-clad stove in the sauna, and the cold side is a set of shared plunge pools. Sessions are booked as guided classes or self-led free flow, and swimsuits are worn throughout.

Austin, United States

Perspire's Austin Southwest studio is on West William Cannon Drive. Each booking is a private infrared sauna suite with red light panels, towels and its own TV. Halotherapy is on this branch's list too, and anyone can buy a single session.

Berkeley, United States

Perspire's Berkeley branch is on Shattuck Avenue. Each booking is a private suite with a full-spectrum infrared sauna, red light panels and a cold SNØ shower. Halotherapy is listed too, and single sessions are sold without a membership.

Birmingham, United States

Perspire's Birmingham studio is on Haynes Street in the Detroit suburb of Birmingham, Michigan. Each session is a private suite with a full-spectrum infrared sauna and red light therapy. A SNØ cold shower in the suite gives a heat and cold contrast.

Los Angeles, United States

Perspire's Brentwood branch is an infrared studio on Wilshire Boulevard in west Los Angeles. Each session is booked in a private suite with built-in red light panels, towels and a screen for streaming. This branch also lists halotherapy and a cold SNØ shower for contrast.

Castle Rock, United States

Perspire's Castle Rock studio is on Promenade Parkway in Castle Rock, between Denver and Colorado Springs. Each session is in a private infrared suite with red light panels. Halotherapy is offered here too.

Champaign, United States

A Perspire studio on South Neil Street in Champaign, built around private infrared sauna suites. Red light panels come with every session, and an in-suite cold rainfall shower adds contrast. Halotherapy is also offered, and single sessions are sold to anyone.

Denver, United States

Perspire's Cherry Hills studio is on South University Boulevard in south Denver. Each session is in a private infrared suite with red light therapy built in. Halotherapy is offered here too.

Closter, United States

Perspire's Closter studio is on Vervalen Street in Closter, New Jersey. Its private infrared suites include red light therapy, and this branch has a cold SNØ shower for contrast sessions. Anyone can book a single visit or an intro session.

Corte Madera, United States

Perspire's Corte Madera studio is on Tamal Vista Boulevard in Marin County. Guests book a private infrared suite with built-in red light panels. Some suites add a SNØ cold shower for contrast.

Costa Mesa, United States

Perspire's Costa Mesa studio is on East 17th Street. Each booking is a private suite with a full-spectrum infrared sauna, red light panels and a TV. Towels are provided, halotherapy is also offered, and single sessions are sold to anyone.

San Antonio, United States

Perspire's Culebra Commons studio is on West Loop 1604 North in San Antonio. Its private infrared suites pair the sauna with red light therapy, and this branch adds a cold SNØ shower. Single sessions are open to anyone.

San Diego, United States

Perspire's Del Mar branch has a San Diego address on El Camino Real. Its private infrared suites include red light therapy and a cold SNØ shower for switching between heat and cold. Single sessions are sold to anyone, no membership needed.

Downers Grove, United States

Perspire's Downers Grove studio is on Ogden Avenue in the western suburbs of Chicago. Guests book a private infrared suite with red light therapy panels and an in-suite TV.

Falls Church, United States

Perspire's Falls Church studio is on Leesburg Pike in northern Virginia. Each private suite pairs an infrared sauna and red light panels with a cold rainfall shower for contrast. Halotherapy is also offered, and anyone can book a single session.

Fort Worth, United States

Perspire's Waterside studio is on Vision Drive in Fort Worth. Guests book a private infrared suite with red light therapy, towels and a streaming TV. A single session or an intro visit can be booked by anyone.

Georgetown, United States

Perspire's Georgetown studio is on West University Avenue in Georgetown, north of Austin. Guests book a private infrared suite with built-in red light therapy. This branch lists SNØ cold showers for contrast and halotherapy as well.

Henderson, United States

Perspire's Green Valley studio is on South Green Valley Parkway in Henderson. Guests book a private infrared sauna suite with red light panels, towels and an in-suite TV. Halotherapy is also on this branch's list, and single sessions are sold to anyone.

Bradenton, United States

Perspire's Heritage Harbour studio is on State Road 64 East in Bradenton. Each private suite pairs infrared heat and red light panels with a cold rainfall shower for contrast. Halotherapy is also offered, and single sessions are sold to anyone.

Littleton, United States

Perspire's Highlands Ranch studio is on South University Boulevard, south of Denver. Guests book a private infrared suite with red light therapy built in. This branch also offers halotherapy.

Bee Cave, United States

Perspire's Hill Country Galleria studio is in the outdoor shopping centre of that name in Bee Cave, west of Austin. Guests book a private suite with an infrared sauna, red light panels and a SNØ cold shower. Halotherapy is listed among the amenities.

Huntington Beach, United States

This Perspire studio is on Goldenwest Street in Huntington Beach. Guests book a private suite with a full-spectrum infrared sauna, red light panels and a TV. Towels are provided, halotherapy is on the list, and single sessions are open to anyone.

Hutto, United States

Perspire's Hutto studio is on Muirfield Bend Drive in Hutto, Texas. Guests book a private infrared suite with red light therapy, and this branch has a cold SNØ shower for contrast. Single sessions are sold without a membership.

Irvine, United States

This Perspire branch is on Quail Hill Parkway in Irvine's Quail Hill area. Each private suite pairs an infrared sauna with red light therapy, towels and a streaming TV. Its memberships bundle halotherapy sessions, and anyone can buy a single session.

Kyle, United States

Perspire's Kyle studio is on Heroes Memorial Drive in Kyle, Texas. Its private infrared suites come with red light therapy, and this branch offers contrast sessions with a cold SNØ shower. Anyone can book a single visit.

Lake Mary, United States

This Perspire studio is in a suite on South International Parkway in Lake Mary, Florida. Guests book a private infrared sauna room with red light panels, towels and a streaming TV. Single sessions are on sale alongside packs and monthly plans.

Leawood, United States

Perspire's Leawood studio is on Ash Street, on the Kansas side of the Kansas City suburbs. A visit is a private suite with an infrared sauna, red light therapy and an in-suite SNØ cold shower. Halotherapy is listed too.

Long Beach, United States

This Perspire studio is at the Long Beach Exchange centre on McGowen Street. Guests book a private suite with a full-spectrum infrared sauna and integrated red light therapy. A cold rainfall shower in the suite is there for contrast, and towels are supplied.

Los Angeles, United States

Perspire's Marina del Rey studio is on Lincoln Boulevard on LA's Westside. Guests book a private infrared sauna suite with red light therapy built in and a cold SNØ shower for contrast. Halotherapy and towels are on its amenity list.

Middletown, United States

Perspire's Middletown studio sits on Route 35 in Middletown Township, New Jersey. Every session is in a private suite with a full-spectrum infrared sauna and red light panels. Suites also have a cold rainfall shower, and halotherapy is offered as an extra.

Mission Viejo, United States

Perspire's Mission Viejo studio is on Santa Margarita Parkway. Guests book a private infrared sauna suite with red light panels built in, plus towels and a TV. Halotherapy is on this branch's list, and single sessions are sold to anyone.

Montvale, United States

Perspire's Montvale studio is on Chestnut Ridge Road in Montvale, New Jersey. Each private suite has an infrared sauna with red light panels, and this branch offers a cold SNØ shower for contrast. Single sessions and an intro visit are sold to anyone.

Colorado Springs, United States

Perspire calls this studio Monument, though its address is Sky Vista Point in north Colorado Springs. Guests book a private suite with an infrared sauna, red light panels and a SNØ cold shower. Halotherapy and towel service are listed too.

Morrisville, United States

Perspire's Morrisville studio is on Village Market Place, between Raleigh and Durham. Each session is a private suite with a full-spectrum infrared sauna, red light panels and a SNØ cold shower. Halotherapy is listed alongside.

Mountain View, United States

Perspire's Mountain View studio is on San Antonio Road. Guests book a private suite with an infrared sauna, red light panels and a cold rainfall shower for switching between heat and cold. Halotherapy is also offered, and single sessions are sold to anyone.

Naperville, United States

Perspire's Naperville studio is on South Naper Boulevard in Naperville, west of Chicago. Guests book a private infrared suite with red light therapy built in. Halotherapy is offered here too.

Newport Beach, United States

Perspire runs this Newport Beach studio as its Newport Bluffs branch, on Bison Avenue. Guests have a private infrared sauna suite with red light therapy built in. Single sessions are sold without a membership, alongside packs and monthly plans.

Nichols Hills, United States

Perspire's Nichols Hills studio is on Avondale Drive in Nichols Hills, Oklahoma. Guests book a private suite with an infrared sauna, red light panels and a 45°F rainfall shower. Halotherapy is also offered, and single sessions are open to anyone.

Walnut Creek, United States

Perspire's North Walnut Creek studio is on Oak Grove Road in Walnut Creek. Each booking is a private infrared sauna suite with built-in red light panels. This branch also offers SNØ cold showers for contrast, and halotherapy.

Novi, United States

Perspire's Novi studio is on Grand River Avenue in Novi, northwest of Detroit. Guests book a private infrared suite with built-in red light panels. Some suites add a SNØ cold shower for contrast.

Raleigh, United States

Perspire's Olde Raleigh studio is on Edwards Mill Road in Raleigh. Guests book a private infrared sauna suite with built-in red light therapy and a TV. Some suites add a cold SNØ shower for contrast, and halotherapy is offered too.

Westminster, United States

This Perspire studio is at Orchard Town Center, the shopping centre beside Interstate 25 in Westminster. Each private suite has an infrared sauna with red light therapy and a cold SNØ shower for contrast. Halotherapy and towel service are listed too.

Peachtree Corners, United States

Perspire's Peachtree Corners studio rents private infrared sauna suites by the session. Each suite has red light panels and its own cold rainfall shower for switching between heat and cold. Halotherapy is also offered, and a single visit needs no membership.

Los Angeles, United States

Perspire's Porter Ranch branch is on Rinaldi Street in the north San Fernando Valley. Every visit is a booked private suite with an infrared sauna, built-in red light therapy and a SNØ cold shower. Halotherapy is on the amenity list too.

Redmond, United States

Perspire's Redmond studio is on Cleveland Street in downtown Redmond. Sessions run in private infrared suites with integrated red light panels. This branch offers SNØ cold showers for contrast, and halotherapy too.

Riverview, United States

Perspire's Riverview studio is on Sullivan Street in Riverview, Florida. Guests book a private infrared sauna suite with built-in red light panels, towels and a TV. Halotherapy is also offered, and single sessions are open to anyone.

Rochester Hills, United States

Perspire's Rochester studio is on Walton Boulevard in Rochester Hills. Guests book a private infrared sauna suite with built-in red light therapy and a TV. Some suites add a cold SNØ shower, and halotherapy is offered too.

San Clemente, United States

Perspire's San Clemente studio is on Camino de los Mares in San Clemente. Guests book a private infrared suite with red light therapy built in. The branch also offers halotherapy.

Santa Clara, United States

Perspire's Santa Clara studio is at Rivermark Plaza in north Santa Clara. Guests book a private infrared suite with red light therapy built in. The branch also offers halotherapy.

Santa Monica, United States

Perspire Sauna Studio on Montana Avenue is the Santa Monica branch of an infrared sauna chain. Guests book a private suite with an infrared sauna and red light therapy built in. The studio also offers a cold SNØ shower and halotherapy.

Sarasota, United States

This Perspire studio is on South Tamiami Trail in Sarasota. A visit means a private suite with an infrared sauna and red light therapy, then a cool-down under the suite's SNØ shower. Halotherapy and towel service are on its amenity list.

Ladera Ranch, United States

Perspire's Sendero studio is on Gateway Place in Rancho Mission Viejo, in south Orange County. Each booking is a private infrared sauna suite with red light therapy and an in-suite SNØ cold shower. Halotherapy and towel service are listed too.

Torrance, United States

Perspire's South Bay studio is on Pacific Coast Highway in Torrance. Each booking is a private suite with a full-spectrum infrared sauna, built-in red light panels and a cold rainfall shower. Towels are provided, and a salt-mist halotherapy option is offered.

Tampa, United States

Perspire's South Tampa studio is on South Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa. Guests book a private infrared suite with integrated red light panels. This branch offers SNØ cold showers for contrast and halotherapy as well.

St Charles, United States

Perspire's St. Charles studio is on South 1st Street in St. Charles, Illinois. Guests book a private infrared sauna suite with red light panels and a TV. This branch also offers contrast sessions with a cold SNØ shower, and single visits need no membership.

Stamford, United States

Perspire Sauna Studio in Stamford is a branch of an infrared sauna chain on Newfield Avenue. Each booking is a private suite with full-spectrum infrared heat and red light panels. A chilled rainfall shower in the suite gives a cold contrast between rounds.

Las Vegas, United States

Perspire's Summerlin studio is on South Rampart Boulevard on the west side of Las Vegas. Each booking is a private infrared sauna suite with red light panels, towels and a TV. Halotherapy is also offered, and single sessions are sold to anyone.

The Woodlands, United States

Perspire's studio in The Woodlands is on Kuykendahl Road, north of Houston. Private suites pair an infrared sauna and red light panels with a SNØ cold shower in the same room. Halotherapy is listed too, and single visits need no membership.

Santa Clarita, United States

Perspire's Valencia studio is on Valencia Boulevard in Santa Clarita. Its private infrared suites have red light panels, and this branch adds a cold SNØ shower for contrast. Some memberships include halotherapy, while single visits need no commitment.

Delray Beach, United States

Perspire's West Delray studio is on West Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach. Each private suite pairs infrared heat and red light panels with a cold rainfall shower for contrast. Halotherapy is also offered, and anyone can book a single session.

Chicago, United States

Perspire's West Loop studio is on West Madison Street in Chicago. Each private suite pairs an infrared sauna and red light panels with a 45°F rainfall shower for contrast. Halotherapy is also offered, and anyone can book a single session.

McKinney, United States

Perspire's West McKinney studio is on South Custer Road. Its private suites pair a full-spectrum infrared sauna and red light panels with a cold SNØ shower for contrast. Single sessions and packs are sold alongside memberships.

West New York, United States

Perspire's West New York studio is at Riverwalk Place in New Jersey. Each private suite pairs an infrared sauna and red light panels with a 45°F rainfall shower for switching between heat and cold. Halotherapy is also offered here, and anyone can book a single session.

Brooklyn, United States

Perspire's Williamsburg studio is on North 8th Street in Brooklyn. Guests book a private suite with an infrared sauna, red light panels and a 45°F rainfall shower for alternating heat and cold. Halotherapy is also offered, and single sessions are open to anyone.

Winter Park, United States

Perspire's Winter Park studio is on Aloma Avenue, just outside Orlando. Guests take a private suite with a full-spectrum infrared sauna and red light panels, then cool down under the suite's SNØ shower. Halotherapy is on the list too.

Wyckoff, United States

Perspire's Wyckoff branch is an infrared sauna studio on Cedar Hill Avenue, booked by the session in private suites. Red light therapy, a cold SNØ shower and halotherapy sit alongside the saunas. Towels are provided.

Minneapolis, United States

A modern social sauna club in Minneapolis, built around a wood-fired Finnish sauna and a separate electric cabin. A communal cold plunge and warm benches sit between rounds. Reservation-based 90-minute sessions skew quiet and ritual-focused, not a big spa with food and pools.

San Diego, United States

Pure runs private infrared sauna suites in Bankers Hill, with a cold plunge beside them for contrast rounds. Sessions come in 30- and 60-minute lengths, and the studio also has red light, salt, compression and hyperbaric rooms. Members and non-members pay different rates, and walk-ins are taken when there is space.

Solana Beach, United States

Pure Infrared Sauna Studio has a branch on South Highway 101 in Solana Beach. Private rooms pair a Clearlight full-spectrum infrared sauna with a cold plunge for contrast sessions of up to four guests. Salt, red light and compression sessions are booked alongside.

New York, United States

Italian-style luxury day spa in three restored 1934 army barracks on Governors Island, reached by ferry. Thermal baths, several saunas, steam rooms, Vichy showers, infrared beds, an ice room, a salt room and outdoor pools facing the Manhattan skyline. Adults-only, with session-bounded entry.

Sioux Falls, United States

A contrast therapy studio on South Sertoma Avenue in Sioux Falls. Guests book a private room with an infrared sauna, built-in red light and a cold plunge tub. Sessions run solo or shared by two, and sauna or plunge can be booked on its own.

Southampton, United States

Southampton Spa is a 12,000 square foot Russian and Turkish bathhouse just outside Philadelphia. Attendants pour water in a brick-oven banya, beside a marble hammam, salt and infrared saunas, a steam room and a snow room. Day admission also covers a pool and hot tubs, and there is a Russian restaurant on site.

Miami Beach, United States

Russian & Turkish Baths has run its Miami Beach bathhouse in the lower lobby of the Castle Beach Club since 1994. The Russian room is heated by a rock-walled furnace, with buckets of ice water outside. There is also a Finnish sauna, a Turkish hammam, an ocean-water jacuzzi, a pool and the beach.

Independence, United States

A winter sauna village on the shore of Lake Independence, at Camp Ihduhapi west of Minneapolis. Several wood-fired saunas sit by the water, with plunge holes cut into the lake ice once it freezes. Public tickets cover a two-hour communal session, and private saunas take groups of six to twenty.

Dallas, United States

Sauna House is a recovery studio on Greenville Avenue where each private suite pairs an infrared sauna with a cold plunge. A larger VIP suite seats up to four for infrared only. Massage, localized cryotherapy, red light and compression are booked alongside.

Madison, United States

Saunaday is a communal bathhouse in downtown Madison, a block from Lake Monona. A two-hour ritual moves through cedar salt-scrub showers, a steam room, two Finnish saunas and a cold plunge pool. Private suites, hinoki soaking tubs and an infrared cabin are booked separately, and a sauna master leads aufguss sessions.

Franklin, United States

sēk is a woman-owned studio on Liberty Pike in Franklin, near Cool Springs. Every session is in a private room, with Sunlighten infrared pods for one and a wooden cabin that seats three. A cold plunge, red light and pressotherapy are booked the same way.

Grand Marais, United States

Sisu + Löyly runs two saunas on the Lake Superior shore in downtown Grand Marais, looking out to East Bay and Artists Point. Sessions are booked online, shared or with a sauna kept for your group, and there is a lounge and a bonfire pit. In summer the same team docks a floating sauna at Skyport Lodge.

Buffalo Grove, United States

Sky Spa & Sauna is a coed European-style bathhouse in Buffalo Grove, sold by the day pass. A wet sauna with a brick stove and cold-water buckets sits beside a dry sauna, a hammam and a Himalayan salt cave. There is an indoor pool, a heated outdoor pool, a Jacuzzi and a café with Eastern European dishes.

Renton, United States

A social bathhouse in Renton, by the south end of Lake Washington, sold as timed day passes. It takes in a Finnish cedar sauna, a temazcal, botanical steam, a warm thermal pool and a snow and cold plunge zone. Swimwear is required, the space is co-ed, and conversation is welcome.

Edgewater, United States

SoJo is a Korean-style spa club on River Road in Edgewater, looking across the Hudson to Manhattan. Indoors are salt, charcoal, clay and far-infrared rooms, a ganbanyoku room, an ice room and single-sex bath houses where nudity is optional. Outdoor terraces add a Finnish-style dry sauna, heated baths and a rooftop infinity pool.

Santa Barbara, United States

A downtown Santa Barbara studio with private infrared cabins for one to six people. Guests pair the heat with a private cold plunge, salt therapy or a meditation pod.

Queens, United States

Four-story, four-season Korean jjimjilbang in College Point with themed sauna chambers (Himalayan salt, gold, jade, halotherapy, color therapy, dry, plus steam) and an ice room. Indoor and outdoor heated hydrotherapy pools, jacuzzis, infrared lounge, restaurant and pool bar, and a Kids Castle that makes it explicitly family-oriented. Walk-in admission.

Lodi, United States

Sunrise Sauna Club runs a wood-fired redwood barrel sauna on a trailer at Lucky's Lodge on Lake Wisconsin. A full-height window looks over the water, and guests cool off in the lake between rounds. Shared sessions seat a dozen or so, and private bookings are taken on request.

Bryn Mawr, United States

SWTHZ Bryn Mawr is on Lancaster Avenue, on Philadelphia's Main Line. Private suites pair an infrared sauna with a cold plunge for hour-long contrast sessions. Shorter red light sessions are sold here too.

Burlington, United States

SWTHZ Burlington is a contrast therapy studio on Middlesex Turnpike, north-west of Boston. Each hour-long booking is a private suite with an infrared sauna, a cold plunge and a vitamin C shower. A small beauty bar with Dyson hair tools is there for afterwards.

Denver, United States

A contrast therapy studio on South Broadway near Platt Park, where a booking gives you a private suite for an hour. The suite holds an infrared sauna, a cold plunge and a vitamin C shower, so you move between them at your own pace. A guest can share the suite with you.

Sandy Springs, United States

SweatHouz Sandy Springs is a contrast therapy studio on Roswell Road. Sessions run in a private suite that pairs an infrared sauna with a cold plunge, and a guest can share it. Memberships bought here also work at the brand's other studios.

Ventura, United States

An infrared sauna studio on Telegraph Road in Ventura. Each session runs in a private Sunlighten cabin, with room for you and one guest. A salt room, a cold plunge and an infrared massage bed are booked by phone.

Blue Springs, United States

Tru Elements is a wellness studio on NE Coronado Drive in Blue Springs, east of Kansas City. Sessions are booked in a private infrared sauna, with a cold plunge tub held at 50°F alongside. Red light therapy is booked separately.

Nashville, United States

Urban Sweat's Green Hills studio, formerly CYL Sauna Studio, is in a suite on Hillsboro Pike in Nashville. Guests book a private infrared pod or cabin on their own. Red light therapy, a cold plunge and a lymphatic roller session can be added.

La Pine, United States

Woodland Sauna is a wood-fired Russian banya among the pines near La Pine, built by a family who grew up with the tradition. Small groups book two-hour sessions guided by the host, Nadia. Felt hats, birch and oak veniki, a cold bucket shower and a relaxation room are part of each visit.

Brooklyn, United States

A 50,000 sq ft Brooklyn megabath that bills itself as the largest banya in the US. The setup spans Eastern European banyas, Finnish saunas, Moroccan and Turkish hammams, a Himalayan salt room, a snow room and an onsen circuit. You move between rituals, then collapse on a chaise by the fireplace lounge.