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Most of the Iron Range's commercial saunas closed as home saunas became more common in the 1950s. Virginia's sauna managed to stay in business longer, thanks to owners who valued its historical significance and a clientele of seniors on fixed incomes, migrant mine workers, and locals for whom it
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miners and their families with no access to private saunas. Commercial saunas were more than just a place to get clean. They served as social centers for
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remained a social hangout. It was still in business in 1980 when its
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689:Pennington
684:Otter Tail
644:Mille Lacs
489:Cottonwood
479:Clearwater
439:Blue Earth
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263:References
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135:47°31′21″N
759:Sherburne
749:St. Louis
699:Pipestone
574:Kandiyohi
514:Faribault
494:Crow Wing
434:Big Stone
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393:Minnesota
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794:Traverse
729:Renville
719:Red Lake
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649:Morrison
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604:Le Sueur
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251:See also
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114:Location
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779:Stevens
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569:Kanabec
564:Jackson
549:Hubbard
544:Houston
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509:Douglas
469:Chisago
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238:History
174:c. 1912
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809:Waseca
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