Places rubysage Wants to Go

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

Inside this small museum resides a strange mix of miniature collections passed down over time.

This cheery fruit farmer welcomes visitors to a classic roadside emporium.

This is one really big nut.

This building is a recreation of the gatehouse that separated Los Alamos from the outside world during the era of the Manhattan Project.

A beautiful red-faced slot canyon in northern New Mexico.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of New Mexico’s ecology and culture.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

This is not Madame Tussaud’s wax museum.

When life gave this firefighter a forest fire, he made a rough-hewn sculpture park using a chainsaw.

A little slice of Florida face-in-a-hole kitsch, unexpectedly located in a small New Mexico town.

This sculpture is intended to reset a person’s creativity.

Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

Apparently, the whole cosmos emanates from this plain concrete tower.

It's easy to see why this eclectic architectural wonder has been dubbed the "Spaceship House."