Alcatraz Island
A former military fort and federal prison on a cold, exposed island in San Francisco Bay.
DocumentedTicketedTicketed3 to 5 hoursChecked July 2026
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Old Idaho Penitentiary
A territorial-era prison complex of sandstone cell houses, walls, yards, and exhibits spanning more than a century of confinement.
DocumentedTicketedFee or pass1 to 3 hoursChecked July 2026Old Joliet Prison
A towering limestone prison complex opened in the nineteenth century and now interpreted through authorized tours.
DocumentedGuided onlyTicketed1 to 3 hoursChecked July 2026Indiana Medical History Museum
A preserved pathology building from the former Central State Hospital, filled with laboratories, instruments, and teaching collections.
DocumentedTicketedFee or pass1 to 2 hoursChecked July 2026Salem Witch Museum
A long-running museum interpreting the 1692 witch trials and the machinery of fear and accusation around them.
DocumentedTicketedTicketed1 to 2 hoursChecked July 2026Missouri State Penitentiary
A former prison opened in 1836, now accessible through historical tours of cells, yards, and institutional spaces.
History + folkloreGuided onlyTicketed2 to 3 hoursChecked July 2026Burlington County Prison Museum
A preserved early nineteenth-century prison designed by architect Robert Mills, with cells, corridors, and prisoner graffiti.
DocumentedScheduled daysCheck the source1 to 2 hoursChecked July 2026National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
A museum tracing nuclear science, weapons, energy, medicine, and the human consequences of the atomic age.
DocumentedTicketedTicketed2 to 4 hoursChecked July 2026Ohio State Reformatory
A monumental former reformatory of steel cell blocks, stone corridors, and preserved institutional spaces.
History + folkloreTicketedTicketed2 to 4 hoursChecked July 2026OSH Museum of Mental Health
A museum inside the Oregon State Hospital's Kirkbride Building that confronts the institution's history and the changing treatment of mental illness.
DocumentedTicketedFee or pass1 to 2 hoursChecked July 2026Eastern State Penitentiary
A radial prison ruin whose cell blocks now support interpretation of incarceration, architecture, and criminal justice.
DocumentedTicketedTicketed2 to 4 hoursChecked July 2026Historic Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary
A former maximum-security prison built in a mountain hollow and now open through controlled historical tours and events.
History + folkloreTicketedTicketed2 to 4 hoursChecked July 2026National Museum of Funeral History
A museum devoted to death-care history, from hearses and embalming to mourning customs and presidential funerals.
DocumentedTicketedTicketed2 to 3 hoursChecked July 2026West Virginia Penitentiary
A castellated former state prison open for historical tours through cell blocks, yards, and execution-era spaces.
History + folkloreGuided onlyTicketed2 to 3 hoursChecked July 2026