The ancient boomerang wasn't found alone; it lay alongside a human phalanx—a small bone from either a finger or a toe.

In the 1800s, salt miners in Poland also discovered the benefits of halotherapy. Despite working in mines all day, the Polish miners didn’t have any respiratory conditions and were unusually ...

Basilica Cistern // Istanbul, Turkey Mega Cavern // Louisville, Kentucky Narusawa Hyoketsu Ice Cave // Narusawa, Japan Wieliczka Salt Mine // Krakow, Poland Salina Turda // Turda, Romania ...

Many of the world's most famous salt caves are renowned for their healing environments. The Wieliczka Salt Mine in Poland and the Khewra Salt Mine in Pakistan offer visitors the opportunity to ...

The spa, which contains over 25,000 pounds of salt, was constructed to mimic a salt mine. Austin Salt Cave relocated to the Century South business center in South Austin in 2023.

The underground city of Naours in northern France isn’t as ancient as some of the others on this list. It’s only a few hundred years old, built in a chalk quarry that dates to the 15th century. People ...

She brought in 16 tons of Himalayan salt from Eastern Europe and a specialty team from Poland built the custom cave. Studies show there are plenty of benefits from salt caves or salt rooms.

“I hate to compare it to the ocean or the mountains, but it’s all about how you feel when you’re in it. It’s really hard to convey how you feel in the space,” Mascara said. She spared no expense when ...

INSIDE a 13th-century mine lies the world’s biggest cave church where everything is made entirely from salt. Located 330ft below the ground, the unique chapel is built inside a complex underg… ...

Such salt caves exist all over the world - in Ukraine, Hungary, Poland, Turkey, Germany and Switzerland - and are widely used by asthma patients as an alternative treatment.