Prisons

This palatial building has lived many lives as a convent, prison, cultural center, state archives, and government offices.

This abandoned nitrate town was repurposed as a dictator's prison.

This 1854 courthouse along the Mississippi River has a storied history.

One of the world's smallest prisons boasts just two small cells.

A small, forgotten prison cemetery marked only by a wrought-iron fence and eerie depressions left in the ground.

The site of one of the largest prison escapes of World War II.

This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.

This Old West prison built into the side of a cliff was said to be inescapable.

A sober museum housed in the original administrative building of one of Stalin's largest gulags.

This 15-story mural celebrates the 50th anniversary of the musician's iconic "At Folsom Prison" album.

This old brick building has held everyone from prisoners of war to freedom fighters during its turbulent history.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime.