Scientist Pete Kelsey and his team have 3D-mapped the entire island of Alcatraz, discovering Civil War secrets, prisoner ...

Alcatraz Island ... When Al Capone headed there in 1934, the San Francisco Chronicle reported, “Capone sagged at his first glimpse of the prison.” In September of that year, the paper revealed ...

The future of Alcatraz lies in one man’s hands. In 2023, as sea levels rose around the iconic island in San Francisco Bay ... also lifted the veil on the prison’s most famous 1962 escape ...

Discover some of the most beautiful places in San Francisco where natural beauty, rich history, and vibrant culture blend ...

The federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island, located off the coast of San Francisco, CA, opened in 1934. Until it closed nearly three decades later, Alcatraz was reserved for some of the most ruthless ...

Built over a desolated island on the coast of San Francisco ... The four Alcatraz inmates constructed an improvised inflatable raft in the prison workshops. They also modeled replicas of their ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The last inmates of Alcatraz Federal Prison left the crumbling "Rock" in San Francisco Bay today and headed for other institutions. The government is abandoning the maximum ...