A short ferry ride from San Francisco brings you to the shores of this infamous island where you can dive into American ...

HIGH POINT Can you imagine someone from High Point doing time at Alcatraz, once considered the most secure, escape-proof prison in America? When Alcatraz opened as a maximum-security federal ...

Ross Calvin envisions the logistically complex colossus, which would be around 50% taller than the State of Liberty, as a ...

Ross Calvin, founder of Parhelion, proposes a 450-foot Prometheus statue on Alcatraz Island, aiming to symbolize innovation and self-sovereignty. The $450 million project, titled 'The Great Colossus ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum arrived Thursday morning at Alcatraz, the San Francisco tourist attraction that President Donald Trump has vowed to reopen as a prison in ...

One too many prison breaks landed counterfeiter Elliott Michener on a forlorn island, where the outline of one of the world's most vibrant cities peeked tauntingly out of the fog. He would never be ...

The 1962 escape from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary is perhaps the most infamous and fascinating jailbreak in American history. But what if that was just the beginning of the story? That's a question ...

Stanford Chatfield is an historical interpreter at Alcatraz for the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. He was incarcerated 35 years. At 69 years old, I wake up every morning excited to go to work ...

Since "Escape From Alcatraz" is an old movie, much of the main cast has passed away, but a few stars from the classic drama ...