But not just any prison! The former Wyoming State Penitentiary in Rawlins, home to the Wyoming Frontier Prison Museum. Melissa has a morbid fascination with prisons and prison culture, so when we found this museum on our route it became a must-see. 
We toured the entire facility which closed as a working hooskow in 1981. See Death Row! See the gas chamber! See the lunch room! It was all very fascinating.
As an extra bonus this site became our compulsory Lord of the Rings connection. We had unknowlingly stumbled upon the filming location for a B-grade horror flick with the mind-bogglingly creative name of Prison starring none other than Aragorn himself: Viggo Mortenson! Unfortunately (or fortunately as the case may be) this 1988 B-grade horror flick isn't available on DVD at the moment but some clips can be found online. But, how bad can it be with the future King of Gondor as the star!
To think, Melissa was closed up in the same solitary confinement cell as Viggo! It was simply meant to be!
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