When you first drive by this ominous building sitting in a field visible from the freeway, it appears to be out of place. Obviously abandoned, as evidenced by the vegetation emerging from the... »

Crime and Punishment, Disaster Areas, Incredible Ruins | Edited by Rachel

Though it served different purposes throughout the years, the Nevada County Hospital was built in 1860 to care for the indigent sick of Nevada City, a Gold Rush boomtown deep in the Sierra Nevada... »

Crime and Punishment, Incredible Ruins | Edited by Rachel and Dylan

For 120 years, San Lucas Island Prison was home to the most vicious criminals in Costa Rica. Since it was shut down in 1991 the former prison has only housed the remnants of inmate graffiti... »

Crime and Punishment | Edited by serflac and atimian

Islands just off the shore of French Guiana look a lot like paradise. Lush forests flower in the humidity and the blue waters off the coast ring the land like a pure, refreshing belt of salty... »

Anomalous Islands, Crime and Punishment | Edited by serflac, atimian and others

Imagine a prison cell in almost any country in the world. Your mind has undoubtably conjured an image of a barren room, most definitely under 100 square feet and probably smaller. For those with... »

Crime and Punishment, Outsider Architecture | Edited by atimian and Dylan

Since 1900, Karosta Prison held military personnel convicted of crimes, captives of war and political prisoners. Used by both Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union during their control of Latvia,... »

Crime and Punishment, Odd Accommodations | Edited by serflac and atimian

When you think about Canada, mayhem and murder are not the first things that come to mind. Like any country, however, Canada has its seamy underbelly, and the Vancouver Police Museum (formerly the... »

Museums and Collections, Wonder Cabinets, Unique Collections, Crime and Punishment, Obscura Day Location | Edited by jiblite, Annetta and 2 others

Built in 1870, when Idaho was still a territory, the Old Idaho Penitentiary started as a single-cell building. Throughout the years, resident inmates were put to work quarrying nearby stone and... »

Museums and Collections, Crime and Punishment, Memento Mori | Edited by leiris and Nicholas Jackson

Alcatraz, also referred to as “The Rock,” is rich in American history, more so than most people realize. It is the home of the oldest operating lighthouse on the west coast, a Civil War fortress... »

Crime and Punishment | Edited by AllisonEng, Nicholas Jackson and 2 others

Construction for this 46,000 square-foot, 120-room Romanesque “castle” was started in 1890. The building’s bricks were made by nearby Folsom and San Quentin inmates and shipped via rail to Ione,... »

Museums and Collections, Crime and Punishment, Architectural Oddities | Edited by leiris, Dylan and others