House of Steam: Inside Canada’s Most Haunting Winter Hydro Spas
The Canadian winter is a creature of contrast: frozen air that bites, trees stripped to bone, stillness that feels older than snow.
Step into steam rising against that cold, and the world realigns — warmth unfurls muscle tension and settles thought like a cathedral organ.
Outdoor hydrotherapy in the depth of winter feels mythical. Water that heats the skin becomes a balm, cold plunges elicit a sharp intake of breath and the virgin white surroundings focus every sensory moment.
This is not mere relaxation; it is a pilgrimage into sensation, a communion with heat and ice that feels sacred.
Cruising for Catastrophe: 5 Goth-Coded Voyages for the Decadently Deranged
For those of us who lust for adventure but were never going to be “Royal Caribbean” girlies, we’ve found a selection of otherworldly cruises for the darkly inclined.
Forget the endless buffets and sunsoaked afternoons on the pool deck (goth hiss), you came for the foghorns, the violin quartets, the feeling of salt on your corset—and maybe the masked ball below deck.
These aren’t cruises for the mainstream. These are floating fever dreams: heavy metal sanctuaries, Viking rites and international vessels of mystery, indulgence and delightfully questionable choices.
Let the water take you where the night would’ve gone anyway.