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

Step inside the abandoned Joliet Prison in Chicago, Illinois—the iconic filming location from the hit series Prison Break.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...