Hot Springs & Mineral Spas in North America

by Nathaniel Altman

Over 200 commercial hot springs and mineral springs can be found in the United States and Canada, along with thousands of smaller noncommercial springs. Interest in mineral springs developed soon alter European colonists arrived in North America and learned about the many springs held sacred by the Native Americans in what are now Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New York.

In addition to possessing a keen interest in trees and other plants, George Washington was fascinated by mineral springs. He first vi