We went on a day trip to the famous town in Austria, Hallstatt, but were so overwhelmed by crowds and overtourism that we ...

Hallstatt, Austria, hugs the tight shores of an alpine ... For the few hundred people who live in this UNESCO World Heritage Site, it's a salt-mining village. However, for the millions of tourists ...

Europe has some beautiful villages that have managed to stay true to their old-world charm, despite the relentless march of ...

From the cobbled streets to the ancient architecture, there are many European villages that feel like a time capsule ...

But before travelling to the replica, head to Austria to see the model village ... mountains during prehistoric times. Salt mining is what put Hallstatt on the world map and today, the village ...

From 6000 BC, the Chinese harvested salt crystals from Lake Yungchen which partially dried in the summer sun. Many other lakes around the world have been used in the same way. The wealth produced by ...

The U.S. Department of Labor has removed Morton Salt’s Weeks Island Mine from its pattern of violations list following marked improvements in safety and compliance. The U.S. Department of Labor ...

The inhabitants of the mine are themselves preserved in salt, a sort of hermetic stasis that forbids the incursion of the outside world. The mother’s hair remains artificially dark, and her ...