Geologists warned in the early 2000s that the rising salt water could seep into an aquifer several hundred feet above the mine, ruining it as a potential source of drinking or irrigation water.

The Wieliczka Salt Mine is one of the most fascinating attractions in Poland. This historic UNESCO World Heritage Site takes ...

Getty. The 800-year-old Wieliczka Salt Mine, located in Poland, has pioneered a treatment it's dubbed “subterranotherapy,” in which the supposedly pollution-free underground air is believed to ...

Archaeologists were excavating a tunnel of an Iron Age salt mine in Dürrnberg, Austria, when they found the child’s shoe, according to an Aug. 31 news release from the German Mining Museum.

The US government will require all federal retirement applications to be submitted online starting June 2. For decades, it has processed retirement paperwork in a converted salt mine in Pennsylvania.

The mine has a 7,000-year history, making it the oldest salt mine in the world. Visitors can tour the prehistoric tunnels, watch an animation of the miners’ work routine, and head down the 64 ...

Archaeologists were excavating a tunnel of an Iron Age salt mine in Dürrnberg, Austria, when they found the child’s shoe, according to an Aug. 31 news release from the German Mining Museum ...

Salt Man 5 found in 2005 (Picture: ZCHTO, A. Aali) Incredible images of 2,500-year old mummies buried deep underground in a salt mine have preserved their bodies just as they died.. The so-called ...

The old salt mine where Nazis hid stolen art. When the Allies started bombing Germany during World War II, Hitler hid a vast collection of masterpieces stolen by the Nazis underground.