Places riche103 Wants to Go

This former nursery supplied plants for the creation of Chicago's largest park.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

Meant for a railway that was never built because of the Great Chicago Fire, these piers still stand nearly 150 years after they were installed.

This national park dedicated to the tallgrass prairie ecosystem still displays its military past.

Remains of the old fortification along the Western border of the USSR, now an elaborate defense museum.

Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.

Deep in the limestone cliffs of the Alabaster Coast, a German fortress built during World War II.

A line of disused military bunkers built to defend against Nazi invasion lies hidden on the outskirts of the city.

These relics of the city's past now exist as a prominent modern feature.

The only substantial part of Nazi Germany's formidable defensive line through Northern Italy that survives today, largely intact.

A subterranean relic of the Spanish Civil War hides below this picturesque park.

This fountain tucked away in a park is the focal point of the only "Green Basilica" in Germany.

In the city forest of Augsburg are oval, artificial ponds formed from a World War II bombing campaign.

Deep in the forest next to Augsburg are abandoned bunkers and bullet traps from the region's military past.

Canada's oldest railway tunnel is illuminated in a rainbow of color as it passes under the streets of this small city.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.

Legend says that this short Canadian tunnel still holds the dying screams of a girl who burned alive.

Abandoned for over a century, this chilling train tunnel is now a destination for ghost hunters.

The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.

"Only the dead get off at Kymlinge."

This wonderful rock formation constitutes the first geopark in Uruguay.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.