Step inside the abandoned Joliet Prison in Chicago, Illinois—the iconic filming location from the hit series Prison Break. From crumbling cell blocks to haunting hallways, this legendary site holds ...

Locked doors, broken fences, and eerie silence—this abandoned prison was the last place you'd expect to go magnet fishing.

Following Bashar al-Assad’s downfall, WSJ travels to an abandoned prison in Damascus while families across Syria desperately search for missing relatives, and in the process makes a grim discovery.

But why not throw something else into the mix by visiting some eerie yet fascinating abandoned castles, hospitals, prisons or villages? These kinds of attractions can provide fascinating historic ...

After the death of Stalin in 1953 and subsequent closure of the gulags, many of the former prisoners stayed on in the town to continue working the pits.

AN abandoned prison in Johor Baru built in the late 1800s is being turned into a place for the local art, culture and heritage scene by youth group Joho. Joho co-founder Zul Abas said they are ...

Crime there has been declining for the last decade, and 19 of nearly 60 prisons have closed in the last three years. Others have taken in inmates from Belgium or Norway. Now the Dutch government ...

Instead, the abandoned prison grew into one of the nation’s premier tourist attractions, with more than 1.4 million visitors every year. On the one hand, the popularity of Alcatraz reflects our ...

A TD has slammed government's proposal to reopen the abandoned Cork Prison building to help tackle inmate overcrowding. Sinn Féin representative Thomas Gould has said he will "fight" against any plans ...