photo tour

The Pine Barrens account for over a million acres of Southern New Jersey’s land area. They’re rich with history and interesting finds. Let’s take a look.

Eastern State Penitentiary, located at 22nd & Fairmount in Philadelphia, opened in 1829 as a new kind of prison – one to inspire genuine regret and penitence in its prisoners. It was once the most famous prison in the world and known as an architectural wonder, but now it stands almost in ruin with crumbling walls and peeling paint. Let’s take a look inside.