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On California’s Highway 3, tiny Montague was once a bustling frontier town; an old jail is just one of its attractions

Old Prisons Located about six miles east of Interstate-5, along Highway 3 in Northern California,...

OLD HOOSEGOW, ARROYO GRANDE, CALIFORNIA 109 E Le Point St, Arroyo Grande, California (in Hoosegow...

FORMER TEHACHAPI CITY HALL AND JAIL, TEHACHAPI, CALIFORNIA Corner of Robinson and F streets,...

FORMER JAIL AND CITY HALL, MONTAGUE, CALIFORNIA 131 S. 10th Street, Montague, California...

FOLSOM STATE PRISON 300 Prison Road, Represa, California (Represa is the name of the post office...

OLD TWO-CELL STRAP-IRON JAIL IN KELSO, CALIFORNIA Kelso Depot (a former railroad station in the...

THE NATIONAL BIG HOUSE PRISON MUSEUM 312 3rd Street, Represa, CA 95671 (on the grounds of Folsom...

SAN QUENTIN STATE PRISON Main Street, San Quentin, California Operating since 1852,...

OLD STONE JAIL, MARIPOSA, CALIFORNIA 5012 Bullion Street, Mariposa, California One of several old...

OLD MONTEREY JAIL, MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA Located behind Colton Hall, 570 Pacific Street, Monterey,...

OLD GLENN COUNTY JAIL, WILLOWS, CALIFORNIA Part of the Glenn County courthouse complex, 526...