No other dive destination in North America continues to yield authentic wreck finds like the Great Lakes. Their chilly waters preserve hundreds of vessels — a lot of them wooden — dating as far back as the Revolutionary War. Some are sonar discovered, but some become the bragging rights of today’s explorers. For the promise of discovery, as well as the rare opportunity to experience wooden schooners like Lake Superior’s 135-foot Bermuda (pictured above) and Lake Huron’s 138-foot Cornelia B. Windiate, this destination earned third place in North America for Best Wreck Diving.

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The warm, tropical waters of the British Virgin Islands and the shallow, coral-encrusted wrecks they house just might spoil you for wreck diving elsewhere — especially if you’re diving the RMS Rhone. At depths between 30 and 90 feet, this iconic 310-foot steamship is teeming with marine life, from schools of blue-striped grunts and squirrelfish to barracuda and even octopuses.

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Rich in maritime history, Guam’s Apra Harbor is the only place on Earth where divers can experience both world wars at one site. Known as the Twin Wrecks, SMS Cormoran and Tokai Maru (pictured) lie stern to stern at the bottom of the harbor. The Cormoran, which sank in World War I, was joined by the Tokai Maru after it sank during WWII. The coral-covered ships rest between 45 and 120 feet, and are prized by divers worldwide.

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For the 22nd year in a row, our readers weighed in on their favorite dive sites around the world — from North America to the Caribbean and Atlantic to the Pacific and Indian Oceans — to bring our 2015 Top 100 Reader's Choice Awards to life.

For variety, we have selected one destination in each region (Caribbean and Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, and North America) to write about. Not all selections are the first-place winners in the Best Wreck Diving category. For a complete list of Top 100 Readers Choice winners in this category, please scroll down.

BEST WRECK DIVING NORTH AMERICA

1. North Carolina

2. Florida

3. Great Lakes

4. New York/New Jersey

5. California

BEST WRECK DIVING IN THE CARIBBEAN AND ATLANTIC

1. British Virgin Islands

2. Bermuda

3. Aruba

4. Cayman Islands

5. Grenada

BEST WRECK DIVING INDIAN AND PACIFIC OCEANS

1. Micronesia (Chuuk)

2. Guam

3. Red Sea

4. Hawaii

5. Indonesia

Thousands of subscribers and Web users rated their experiences at dive destinations in a variety of categories on a scale of one to five. Final scores are an average of the numerical scores awarded. A minumum number of responses was required for a destination to be included in these ratings.