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literally. Went up to Hutchinson, Kansas yesterday to see the Underground Salt Museum that has recently opened there. Amazing place, especially for anyone interested in long-term secure records storage….. almost all of the Hollywood studios, lots of financial services firms, many medical records places, and even some foreign governments contract to have their most vital information stored in this location 650 feet underneath the Kansas prairie. A little scary going down, when they issue you a hard hat and an emergency breathing apparatus, and tell you that they can turn on the lights in the mineshaft elevator if anyone in the group can’t stand the “deep dark”! However, once you get down there, it’s like an enormous underground parking garage, huge enough to run trams for the tour, plenty of lights, high ceilings, the floor nicely smooth (made of “saltcrete”) in the main areas, and the walls very shiny from the salt crystals. Looks like a great place for rollerblading (if only they’d allow it!)