Alcatraz ferry workers strike as SF summer tourism season starts Alcatraz City Cruises workers are striking for better wages as San Francisco's summer tourism season is just getting started ...

six years after the prison was closed and the island was abandoned, activists from the American Indian Movement (AIM) came to Alcatraz as part of a symbolic occupation that soon became an actual ...

The 19-month occupation of Alcatraz Island, from 1969 to 1971, marked a turning point in American Indian activism. They embarked on a three-masted boat, intent on claiming what they saw as rightfully ...

The flowers are unmarked. Goodman said that he and his partners hope to create a temporary exhibit in the garden, including ...

A new study has found US Civil War-era tunnels and buildings buried beneath the famed Alcatraz island prison in San Francisco, California. Historians had long-suspected that the notorious federal ...

Warhead: Annular blast fragmentation (conventional) weighing 20.8 pounds (9.36 kg) The AIM-9 Sidewinder is a family of short-range air-to-air missiles carried on a wide range of modern tactical ...

From 1910 to 1940, tens of thousands of immigrants entered the West Coast of the United States through the Angel Island Immigration Station. Located in San Francisco's North Bay, not far from Alcatraz ...

Sprawled across 25,000 square feet of space, the museum is designed to look like a a blend of Alcatraz Island prison and the Tennessee state prison. It includes 100-plus interactive exhibits ...

Here’s a look at some of the most infamous prisons that you can now visit as a tourist. Alcatraz Island, USA Alcatraz, perhaps the most famous prison in the world, sits on a rocky island in San ...

In November 1969 a small group of Native American students and urban Indians began the occupation of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay Eventually joined by thousands of Native Americans they ...

In addition to sailing beneath both the Bay Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge, tourgoers will see Alcatraz Island, Palace of Fine ... shopping and art galleries. You'll have about an hour to explore ...