Sisu and Löyly facilitates winter sauna excursions in downtown Grand Marais year-round and in Lutsen from November through April. Option A: Book a signature sauna sesh for you and your friends in Grand Marais, or join the community sauna on a Wednesday night. Option B: Hang at North Shore Winery and groove to live music while sipping locally produced vino, then bop over to the mobile sauna with up to five pals and rotate between the chill-out tent, bonfire, and super-steamy sauna. Grand Marais, Lutsen, sisuandloyly.com

“I’ve been thinking about the concept of a floating sauna since launching the flagship Sisu + Löyly sauna on the East Bay of Grand Marais in 2021,” said Katie Usem. “While saunas and floating saunas are very popular in Scandinavia - there are no public ones in the United States. I wanted to change that.” 

GRAND MARAIS, Minn. — Waves crashed against Lake Superior's rocky, snow-covered shoreline. Just a few feet away, we sweated in a sauna, watching the frigid winter scene from a large picture window.

"It's magical," my mom said. "You basically are sitting right on the lake."