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Salt-shaped landscapes and histories continue to attract visitors worldwide. Utah’s Salt Lake City, set between the Great Salt Lake and the Rocky Mountains, grew from an ancient seabed and hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics. South America’s Salar de Uyuni (salt flat) becomes a giant mirror after rain, a top travel bucket-list spot. Ankara also has a salt lake. In Asia, ancient salt sites formed as tectonic uplift transformed former seas into salt mountains, like those in Tibet. Austria’s Salzburg and Hallstatt (from German roots “Sal”/“Hal” meaning salt) developed around salt mines; Hallstatt offers boat, lift and train tours into its millennia-old salt mines. France’s Guérande salt marshes link to the city of Nantes, and the Dead Sea (Israel/Jordan) has such high salinity that swimmers float. Other notable salt locations include Peru’s Salinas, Poland’s Wieliczka Salt Mine, Germany’s salt healing sites (Salzheilstollen), and Korean places named for salt such as Yeomchang-dong and Yeomni-dong in Seoul and Yeomjangbong in Jeongseon, Gangwon-do. A salt museum at Taepyeong Saltworks (태평염전) highlights salt’s importance to humanity.