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Detention Center at Angel Island, an island in San Francisco Bay that offers expansive views of the San Francisco skyline, the Marin County Headlands and Mount Tamalpais

Detention Center at Angel Island, an island in San Francisco Bay that ...

The island has been used for a variety of purposes, including military forts, a US Public Health Service Quarantine Station, and a US Bureau of Immigration inspection and detention facility. Title, date and key... More

What you're seeing in this photo will surprise you. At first glance, the tower looks like an extraordinary grain elevator. But its tiny windows have the appearance of a remarkable jail; note the barbed-wire fence that is the perimeter of the Abbeyville County, South Carolina, Detention Center

What you're seeing in this photo will surprise you. At first glance, t...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The tower is the tallest structure in the state, taller than the 25-story state office building in Columbia. Built in 2009, it's part ... More