The National Park Service marked the 50th anniversary of the closure of the Alcatraz federal penitentiary on Thursday with an exhibit of recently discovered photographs of the prison's final day on March 21, 1963.
Get a sneak peek at new things to find on the island as we celebrate 50 years of Alcatraz being open to the public as a national park site, part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Both the Presidio of San Francisco and Fort Baker, two national parks bookending the Golden Gate Bridge in the San Francisco Bay Area, often serve as the scenic inspiration for the legendary Starfleet headquarters and Starfleet Academy.
