Salt

Weathered remnants of a coastal saltworks.

Medieval streets buried beneath a papal fortress now form an underground city you can walk through.

It’s one of the hottest places in the world, but this canyon looks like it’s covered in snow.

Right here, members of the Lewis and Clark expedition boiled ocean water to make salt.

This fourth-generation family business is reviving West Virginia's historic tradition of salt-making.

Workers have collected salt here in a process virtually unchanged since the Middle Ages.

One of the world’s only pink lakes where it's possible to take a dip.

An incredibly salty lake inside the crater of an extinct volcano.

A stunning example of traditional salt production set against a dramatic volcanic landscape.

People have been making salt here using traditional methods for centuries.

For 200 years, people have flocked to this Polish town to experience the healing powers of salt.

A former salt mine is now a cool picnic spot for families and asthmatics.

The longest floating boardwalk in the United States.

Formed by the collapse of salt mines and later used for dumping industrial waste, these lakes are now part an unusual, biodiverse parkland.

Oregon's only closed-basin hypersaline lake, an important stopover for migrating waterfowl, is in danger of drying up completely.

Learn about the history of mining and making salt at this Cheshire museum.

This unique landscape is the only place in the world to dig for hourglass-selenite crystals.