- Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site was once the most famous and expensive prison in the world, but stands today in ruin, a haunting world of crumbling...
- Babe Ruth even visited the prisoners at one point. It wasn’t until 1971, 142 years after Eastern State Penitentiary opened, that it was finally closed.
- At the top of my Philly Must-Stalk List was Eastern State Penitentiary, which Eyewitness Travel described as an abandoned former prison turned museum.
- At historic Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, you can wander among ruins and learn about what life was like for inmates between 1829 and 1971.
- Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary was built in the 1820s, inspired by Enlightenment ideas and Quaker belief in solitary reflection and penitence.204 bin görüntülemeYayınlandı14 Oca 2011
- Visiting Eastern State Penitentiary. Those who like to explore at their own pace will love the option to listen to a handheld audio narration as they wander the halls.
- The riot fueled discussions to close the Eastern State Penitentiary, which had since been renamed the State Correctional Institution at Philadelphia.
- Being a photographer, my favorite part of visiting Eastern State Penitentiary was taking tons and tons of photos (I took so many that this will be split into two posts!).
- ...the Walls, one of America’s largest haunted houses, is located inside the massive, castle-like walls of Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, PA.
- Eastern State Penitentiary is a massive, 11-acre facility that once was home to some of America’s most famous criminals.