Prisons

Inside this chapel, Victorian jailers took the separate system to new levels.

This former military installation was turned into a discipline center by the Taiwanese Navy.

This former medieval prison now unlocks Estonia’s rich photographic history.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.