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The <em>Kingfisher's</em> attack on the St. Joseph salt works.
food

How Salt Helped Win the Civil War

Southern salt-making operations became prime military targets.
Anne Ewbank September 28, 2018
Gastro Obscura

Syracuse Salt Potatoes

Even a local sports team pays homage to these white-crusted, savory spuds.
Gastro Obscura

Pennsylvania Pretzel Art

In Langhorne, Pennsylvania, two brothers decided to take their doughy creations to the next level.
Gastro Obscura

Salmiakki Koskenkorva

This Finnish licorice liqueur is as black as ink and as salty as seawater.
A granite monument surrounded by test wells marks the site of the nuclear bomb tests in southern Mississippi, code-named Salmon and Sterling.
Lumberton, Mississippi

Salmon/Sterling Nuclear Tests Marker

This largely forgotten piece of Cold War history stands hidden in the woods just north of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Saltdale
Cantil, California

Saltdale

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.
St Monans windmill and salt pans.
Anstruther, Scotland

St Monans Salt Pans

The ruins of Scottish sea salt production.
Gastro Obscura

Staraya Russa Salt

Make like Dostoyevsky and restore yourself with this Russian mineral.
A drone camera captured these dazzling colors of salt ponds.
salt

The Startling Colors and Abstract Shapes of Salt Ponds

Masterpieces from above.
Anika Burgess April 18, 2018
Solitude Speedway closeup.
Salt Lake City, Utah

Solitude Speedway

An enormous image of Utah's salt flats made entirely from tape.
Nemocón Salt Mine.
Nemocón, Colombia

Nemocón Salt Mine

Colorful lights and mirror-like brine pools create trippy illusions within the historic mine.
Abandoned salt mine.
Yekaterinburg, Russia

Psychedelic Salt Mines

It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.
Unsalted bread from Umbria.
food

The Mystery of Italy's Saltless Bread

Trade wars, papal rebellion, or salty hams. Why does central Italian bread have no salt?
Vittoria Traverso January 9, 2018
Engraving of salt works on Kanawha River, West Virginia.
geology

Making Salt From an Ancient Ocean Trapped Below the Appalachians

West Virginia was once a seabed.
Eric J. Wallace January 8, 2018
Don Juan Pond.
Antarctica

Don Juan Pond

Scientists use one of the saltiest bodies of water on Earth as a terrestrial base for studying water on Mars.
The annual Blessing of the Fleets ceremony.
Washington, D.C.

The Blessing of the Fleets Ceremony

The fountains of the U.S. Navy Memorial are annually salted with water from the Seven Seas as part of a nautical ritual.
A boat-shaped salt cellar, replete with sea monsters and dolphins, forged roughly between 1575 and 1600.
Gastro Obscura

Salt Cellars

These embellished containers didn’t just sit pretty on the table; they determined social standing.
The salt hill.
Egerszalók, Hungary

Salt Hill

The massive white mound and accompanying water terraces are a striking geological oddity.