“Hot potting” is the practice of soaking in natural hot springs. Hot springs, also known as thermal springs, form when water seeps deep into the Earth and circulates back up. The deeper the rocks, the ...

If you’re into health, but have never been to a hot spring, you really should add this to your travel bucket wish list. Hot springs are natural pools of geothermally heated water that emerge from the ...

Long revered for their healing and restorative powers, natural hot springs are marvelous places to soothe sore muscles after a day of sightseeing or adventuring outdoors. For centuries in the United ...

You can’t beat geothermal heat. That’s what warms the many hot springs in California, which make a disparate yet tempting bunch, from rustic roadside holes in the ground to luxurious Napa Valley ...

Everything old is new again at Colorado’s hot springs, where recent expansions and upgrades have created fresh ways of savoring the Earth’s oldest bathtubs. A change in ownership transformed humble ...

Emily Pennington is a columnist and longtime Outside contributor. For her 63 Parks column, she visited every U.S. national park. As chilly weather approaches and the leaves turn, it’s time to swap out ...