I sheepishly walked up to the Eastern State Penitentiary, awestruck by its size and architecture. The looming and ominous building sits on 9.8 acres of land in Philadelphia's Fairmount neighborhood.

Eastern State Penitentiary opened in 1829, and its architecture and design have “been copied by prison architects all over the world,” Murphy says, making it “arguably history’s most ...

A Climber’s Guide to Eastern State Penitentiary; or Eastern State’s Architecture and How to Escape It,” Rosenberg will make several climbs on the walls of the historic penitentiary.

In 2009, Eastern State raised more than $5 million toward its mission to make the penitentiary accessible to the public, to “preserve and restore the architecture,” and to impress its historic ...

Some say Eastern State Penitentiary is haunted. I don’t know if that’s true but it is haunting. Strong energy lingers and ...

The castle-like Eastern State Penitentiary is one of Philadelphia's most important historic sites. Having opened in 1829, this Quaker-inspired prison sought to reform prisoners using isolation and ...

Eastern State Penitentiary was once the most famous and expensive prison ... the public about the history and legacy of mass incarceration, using its dramatic architecture and layered history to ...

"We hope that Eastern State's engaging programming and awe-inspiring architecture will provide the much-needed space to escape, and also reflect on important issues." The penitentiary is going to ...

Eastern State Penitentiary will hosting Halloween Nights ... Halloween Nights will feature an audio tour of the prison's architecture with a newly recorded narration by Steve Buscemi and guided ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary is gearing up for ... environment and activates the historic stone architecture with large-scale video projections and other special ...

The terror returns to Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia this fall. After suspending its long-running and immensely popular Terror Behind the Walls attraction ...