KITASHIOBARA, Fukushima -- When Heian-period (794-1185) Buddhist monk Kobo Daishi prayed, the rock split open and a salt ...

Salt Spring Island, the flagship of British Columbia's Gulf Islands, is not that kind of place - at least not if you arrive, as we did, on the Saturday morning float plane from Vancouver. Just steps ...

SALT SPRING ISLAND, B.C. — Wearing a pair of railroad-style overalls, her hair pulled back in a red bandanna, potter Francine Hampson-Reid popped out of her studio to greet visitors. “You found us!” ...

Salt Springs and its sister spring, Silver Glen, 8 miles to the south, are two of the most popular attractions in the Ocala National Forest. Access to both springs is easy from State Road 19, north of ...

In the 18th century, Nathan Boone and his brother, Daniel Morgan Boone, learned how to make salt by boiling water from a certain salt spring in Kentucky. According to Johnson’s “Cyclopaedia of Useful ...