Spas with walk-ins welcome

Los Angeles, California

A clothing-optional Korean-style bathhouse in East Hollywood built over LA's only natural mineral hot spring, with soak pools, steam room and sauna.

Temescal Valley, California

Adults-only hot springs resort in Temescal Valley with 19 outdoor mineral pools, red clay baths, and a cave-like grotto, open daily 9:30am-5pm.

Calistoga, California

A Calistoga hot springs spa built around mud baths, with private couples rooms and mineral pools open daily from 8am to 11pm.

Duluth, Georgia

A 24-hour Korean bathhouse in Duluth with a $30 day pass, sauna rooms, cold plunge, thermal circuits and a junior Olympic pool.

Boston, Massachusetts

A Finnish kelo-log banya in Newton with sauna, steam room and cold plunge, alternating men's and women's days, day passes from $69.

Chicago, Illinois

A 24-hour Korean bathhouse and sauna complex in Niles near Chicago, with 11 heat rooms, hot and cold pools, and a $45 day pass covering walk-in access.