1.   The substantial remains of the cavalry fort include a bath house showing the sophisticated workings of the underfloor heating system.

2.   In the northeastern city of Dalian, water has become so scarce that it is being rationed for domestic users, and hundreds of bath houses have been closed.

3.   Smoke rose from pottery kilns and public bath houses.

4.   The town was a spa, a picturesque place where soothing, saline waters flowed through statuesque bath houses.

5.   There were no bath houses and no rest rooms.

6.   Abdul Qayyum, who owns a public bath house, said people prefer collective bathing to individual baths.

7.   At traditional Russian bath houses, he spied out old prison-house markings and jotted them down.

8.   Dating from the first century B.C., the brothel was housed in the same building as a bath house and a tavern.

9.   Down at the corner, men and children turned a fire hydrant into a playful public bath house.

10.   For men, the bath houses were a place to pass hours in the evening, especially in the winter.