Jails

Housed in an old British jail, this spot serves up Georgian, Russian, and Ukrainian specialities with a side of Turkish history.

This building was once a town hall, a fire station, a prison, a dairy market, and the target for two marksmen.

Many of Edinburgh's more unsavory characters spent their final days behind this door while awaiting their executions.

Considered one of the most haunted places in Europe, this 800-year-old castle was home to noble prisoners.

Constructed in 1882, this jail once housed local inmates and the sheriff's family all under one roof.

Reputedly the smallest jail in North America.

This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.

One of the oldest student jails in Germany.

This turn of the century jail once held Charles Manson.

Kentucky's longest operating jail is now a spooky spot to spend the night.

This 700-year-old storehouse was a POW jail, aviation workshop, and Titanic memorial before becoming a brewpub.

A relic of the old jail still stands in its original location.

Charles Dickens described the concert room in this amazing Victorian hall as "the most perfect room in the world."

This abandoned lock-up was saved because of its connection to a local football team.

This tiny old water tower once doubled as a makeshift jail.

The two-cell building in Nebraska was briefly owned by a teenage boy and then a Hollywood dummy.