Sunday, August 26, 2012

On This Date in Minnesota History: August 26

*August 26, 1980Listed simply as “Finnish Sauna,” this former public bathhouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on this date. It was built in 1912 “to serve Finnish immigrant miners and their families” in Virginia, Minn.
http://nrhp.mnhs.org/NRDetails.cfm?NPSNum=80004360



Finnish Sauna, Virginia, Minn.
Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain August 26, 2012, as long as acknowledgement included.  

Go to www.forvo.com/word/sauna to ensure that you are pronouncing sauna correctly. The vast majority of versions listed are correct, including the first English version; the bottom three English versions are incorrect.

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