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Jennifer Ceaser

Article / Passportable

Now You Can Go Inside Barcelona's Most Notorious Prison

Built as a “model” penitentiary, La Model opened to much fanfare in 1904 in the L'Eixample neighborhood, which was then the outskirts of Barcelona. Its panoptic design was…

Article / Passportable

See this Supercomputer Hidden Inside a Barcelona Church

One of the world’s most powerful computers, Barcelona Supercomputing Center’s MareNostrum 4 has been programmed to do everything from predict hurricanes to analyze cancer therapies to…

Article / Hotels

A Former Floating Prison is Now London’s Hottest New Hotel

The Good Hotel wasn't always so good—in fact, it was a jail. But it's a fantastic way to stay on the River Thames in London.