Places sierrawest Wants to Go

This historic-shipwreck-cum-diving-spot can still be seen poking its boiler out of the Lake Michigan waters that claimed it.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.