Eastern State Penitentiary

At the point when Eastern State Penitentiary opened in 1829, observers from around the globe wondered about its terrific engineering and radical philosophy.The try, to change offenders through strict disengagement other than everyday visits from the superintendent and watchmen, soon turned into a model for jail plan worldwide.Once manufactured, it was the most costly development in the USA at the time.

Eastern State, at last, shut its entryways as a jail 1971, following 142 years being used, and has since been named a National Historic Landmark.Its vaulted, sky-lit cells once held a significant number of America's most infamous culprits, including "Smooth Willie" Sutton and "Scarface" Al Capone.