Heading to Philadelphia? Don't miss the abandoned State Penitentiary in Philadelphia; known as the worlds first 'penitentiary'.

The historic Iowa State Penitentiary could be the most haunted place on earth. Folks have reported strange noises at this frightening prison.

Abandoned prison

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we'll push - despite all the fears and the all the pains, all the exhaustion and all the losses, we'll keep pushing, until at last one day we are free. ---------------------------------------- Photograph of Holmesburg Prison in Philadelphia PA and text by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America. If you'd like to learn more about this location, it is a featured chapter in the new Abandoned America book Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences. Signed copies are available through my website, or you can find (unsigned) copies available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and many other online booksellers across the globe.

Warning on cell block door. Photograph taken at Steadmoor Correctional Facility by Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America.

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