The site was a prisoner-of-war camp and cholera hospital before it was converted to a workhouse, archaeologists said.

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Learn more about Prohibition-era gangster Al Capone's stay at Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary, now a landmark that hosts tours and haunted houses.

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Located in Dickens's former home, this museum offers insight into the life and work of one of England's greatest novelists.

Adapted from Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist by Lionel Bart, Oliver! follows an orphaned boy of the same name as he escapes the confines of the workhouse and finds refuge in the city’s underworld. Tunes ...

Charles Dickens lived at 48 Doughty Street when he wrote Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby and visitors can learn about his personal life by ...

Blitz is what you get when you combine Oscar–winning writer/director Steve McQueen ( Shame, 12 Years A Slave ), the works of ...

We like to believe that Victorian poverty and the shocking history of our own beggarly past are behind us. Far from it ...