Travel: For Body And Mind

Bored with that age-defying facial and hot-rock massage? No worries--spas across the nation are constantly cooking up new treatments to keep you beautiful and your wallet lighter. Last year Americans visited spas nearly 156 million times, and there's no sign that it's slowing down. Look forward to these "innovations." At the St. Regis Spa in Los Angeles, sip a Godiva white-chocolate Mudtini while you luxuriate in a White Raspberry Mud Treatment. Provencal mud, raspberry extract, white-chocolate truffle oil and shea butter are supposed to hydrate the skin ($160 for 90 min.). Ever lounge in Australian pink and yellow mud? Didn't think so. The Lodge at Torrey Pines in San Diego claims it will rejuvenate your body and spirit ($265 for 140 min.). Chronic lower-back-pain sufferers may choose Canyon Ranch's Deep Oriental Barefoot Massage (Tucson, Ariz., and Lenox, Mass.). A therapist uses her feet to reach deep pressure points along the spine and legs while you hang on to overhead bars ($110 for 50 min.). What's next?