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Prisons

Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument.

Brooklyn, New York

Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument

This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

The Black Hole of Calcutta within Fort Wiliam

The Black Hole of Calcutta

The site of an atrocity that would be used to justify Britain’s conquest of India.

Entrance to the museum.

Jalpan de Serra, Mexico

Museo Histórico de la Sierra Gorda (Historical Museum of the Sierra Gorda)

The building that houses this museum is as historic as its collection.

The Commissariat from the vital Rover Brisbane side.

Brisbane, Australia

Commissariat Store

Its most grisly object is a jar full of severed fingers allegedly cut off by prisoners to avoid work.

Prison Boab Tree near Derby.

Derby, Australia

Derby Boab 'Prison Tree'

Critics argue this boab tree has been mislabeled for the sake of dark tourism, undermining its spiritual significance.

A group of convicts "bush'd" in Tasmania.

Australia's First Published Dictionary Was Dedicated to 'Convict Slang'

The "flash" language reflected the makeup of the British penal colony at the time.

Matthew Taub October 7, 2019

Gorazda at Sunset Overlooking Kotor

Škaljari, Montenegro

Fortress Gorazda

This World War I fortress is the perfect place to catch a Montenegrin sunset.

Memorial cross near the soldiers' graves.

Kristiansand, Norway

Executed Russian POWs' Memorial Graves

Five soviet prisoners of war were executed at this spot just days before the liberation of Norway.

The memorial.

'L'approdo della Nave' ('The Ship Landing')

A galley-shaped memorial to the prisoners of an infamous fortress.

Front of building.

Korai 4

Scars of this building's past life as a violent prison still cover its walls.

Salaspils Memorial Ensemble.

Salaspils, Latvia

Salaspils Memorial Ensemble

This former Nazi labor camp is now a poignant memorial, complete with giant Soviet-style monuments.

Fruitcake—something everyone gives, and no one wants.

The Fruitcake Prison Break That Reshaped Irish History

You'll never guess this dessert's key ingredient.

Luke Fater August 1, 2019

Main courtyard of "the castle"

CIS San Javier

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

The abandoned town.

Sierra Gorda, Chile

Chacabuco

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

Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Cape Girardeau Common Pleas Courthouse

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

Sark Prison.

Sark Prison

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

Permanently Closed

Stoney Lonesome Cemetery, 2019.

Lorton, Virginia

Stoney Lonesome Cemetery

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

Harry tunnel at Stalag Luft III.

Żagań, Poland

Stalag Luft III Prisoner Camp Museum

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