Places rubysage Wants to Go

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

These natural hot springs form four-tiered soaking pools with temperatures ranging from 85 to 115 degrees Fahrenheit.

Rushing water plunges over a 100-foot drop created by an ancient lava flow at this majestic waterfall.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

Approximately 50,000 gallons of water gush from these springs, creating the Metolius River.

Make it an offering.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

An attractive free-plunge waterfall outside Bend in the Deschutes National Forest.

A small Oregon museum is filled with a robust history.

Spectacular volcanic cliffs along the Crooked River invite hiking, rock climbing, and photography.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

This lava tube cave was once a Cold War fallout shelter.

One of two trees tied for the distinction of the largest western juniper in Oregon.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

A family-owned store specializing in minerals, geodes, gemstones, and more.

This trippy wonderland is the result of one man's obsessive, decades long passion project.

Outsider Art Community.

A disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright built an experimental, partially underground home in the desert.

Once disputed as the largest sundial in the world.

A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.