The ancient Wieliczka salt mine, begun in the 13th century, is now a UNESCO World Heritage site. The Polish mine features salt-carved chandeliers, chapels, and even a rendering of the Last Supper. The ...

“Enough fun,” I said to Alex, my 12-year-old son, after several days of vacationing in Krakow. We’d visited Wawel Castle on the hill, strolled Old Town and its impressive buildings, and explored the ...

HAMPTON CORNERS, N.Y. - Deep below upstate New York’s farm country, workers in ghostly tunnels are praying for snow. Fiercer winters mean better business, longer hours and fatter paychecks at what’s ...

DETROIT – If the residents of Detroit ever tried to dig a hole to China like I did when I was a kid, you probably wouldn’t have made it to China, but you might have eventually reached the secret salty ...

Inside the mammoth salt-mining operation that supplies much of Armenia's seasoning. 1 Seen from aboveground, the Avan Salt Plant appears as a nondescript industrial property in the north of Yerevan. 2 ...