From onsens in Japan to high-altitude pools in Bolivia, the photographer Greta Rybus shares highlights from her search for thermal waters. Looking out from the simple changing room at a hot springs ...

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 ...

The United States is sadly overlooked by tourists looking to take in the healing waters of natural hot springs. Here's where ...

Sri Lanka’s next lost attraction is the hot springs found in Wahawa from which one could even have a hot shower from the water that shoots high into the air. Situated in the pastoral village of Wahawa ...

Steam rises from the streets ahead of me – it’s as if the flat-roofed houses are on fire. I breathe in the hot, humid air, choking on the rotten egg and old sock stink, as a tortoise the size of a ...

Japanese hot springs attract visitors from all over the world. In the hot-spring heaven that is Japan there are many baths that have interesting additions that may be surprising to foreigners. Here ...

The Kanniya hot water springs along the Anuradhapura - Trincomalee road are sought after by people seeking miracles of healing for physical and psychological infirmities that blight their mind and ...