Welcome to Eastern State Penitentiary! Here, you and two other guests can enjoy a tour of one of the worlds first penitentiaries.

This was the world's first true penitentiary, a prision designed to inspire penitence-or true regret-in the hearts of criminals. The original seven cellblocks spread like the spokes of a wheel, and had running water and central heat before the White House. Its vaulted, sky-lit cells held many of America's most notorious criminals, including bank robber "Slick Willie" Sutton and "Scarface" Al Capone. The prison stands today in ruin, a haunting world of crumbling cellblocks and a surprising eerie beauty.