Lauren is a writer and architectural designer living and working in Brooklyn, NY. In addition to being a writer at Forbes, she works as a freelance architectural designer specializing in residential ...

Put plainly, I’m a prude. it took years for my friends to convince me that baggy t-shirts and shorts weren’t proper swimwear. Before that, I was a floating parachute of fabric inside every swimming ...

From Finnish saunas to Korean ice tubs, these spas specialize in the practice of alternating between intense heat and intense cold. In Swedish Lapland, a guest at the Arctic Bath hotel and spa ...

More and more families are turning utilitarian bathing spaces into sanctuaries that convert routine into ritual, engaging all the senses: sculptural fixtures, artwork, and chromotherapy systems that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am the vice president and executive editor of Forbes Travel Guide. When Fontainebleau Las Vegas makes its long-awaited debut Dec ...