Those of us who love to sink into a tub of Calistoga mud realize that plenty of people think the very idea is gross. My friend Cheryl and I don't care. At the end of The Works at Dr. Wilkinson's or ...

Alison Ince, manager of Collections in National Geographic Libraries and Information Services, headed down to explore the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Who would have thought that lying in a pool of ...

For two centuries now, people have been coming to German spas famed for peat baths. This 19th century spa trend promises relaxation, anti-bacterial effects and pain relief. Or is just an expensive way ...