Heritage Nordic builds Lift Bridge sauna
Heritage Nordic brought a showstopping sauna to the Arrowhead Home & Builders Show.
The 6-foot barrel sauna is built into a replica of Duluth’s Aerial Lift Bridge. Troy Persaud was inspired at a sauna event at Endion Station along the Lakewalk.
“A lot of people come down here to see the lake, mostly the bridge. It’s a huge tourist attraction,” Persaud said. “And myself, I’m a very artsy type person. So I took that and just kind of incorporated it into sauna.”
He enlisted the help of Mike Priola to build it.
“I’ve made a lot of different variations of the Lift Bridge, but nothing this big. So when Troy came to me and talked about it, I was like, that’s pretty large scale,” Priola said.
It took them about two weeks. They estimate it weighs over 2,000 pounds.
“I don’t know if this will be a piece of history or not, but it’s definitely a one of one. There isn’t another one like it,” Persaud said.
It’s for sale “if the right person wants it.”
Persaud started building custom saunas as a hobby and now turned it into his Cloquet-based business, Heritage Nordic.
The Home Show runs April 3-6.