Places rubysage Wants to Go

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

A traditional American farmhouse plopped in the middle of a Piccadilly courtyard.

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

Colorful murals by Jean Cocteau hide within this peaceful London sanctuary.

One of America's founding fathers lived in this London lodging between 1757 and 1775.

A quartet of tiled art pieces adorn the floors of this prestigious art museum.

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.

An archway adorned with vulnerable flora and fauna.

Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

This Wyoming town is fascinated by a particular mythical creature.

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

This site is home to ancient petroglyphs and pictographs dating back to 6,000 B.C.

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.

A small oasis not far from downtown Moab.

A whimsical roadside community of little metal people.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

It is intended to take one back to a stripped-down simplicity, to spend extended time both inside and out, and absorb the natural drama of the Upper Rio Grande Valley.

An oddly specific collection of handmade dolls remembers the women of the White House.