Places rubysage Wants to Go

This 19th-century house museum features a horse-drawn hearse and other antique oddities.

This notorious dive has been serving up both kinds of spirits since 1879.

Drift through decades of high desert music history at this funky hometown museum.

This massive home was constructed by one of the greatest conservationists in Colorado history.

Each year, teams of the world's best snow sculptors have 65 hours to create frozen masterpieces.

Home inspired by the crystal rock formation of the Emerald Estates.

The water swaps direction twice a day, whipping into a frenzy of whirlpools and rapids.

Cougar Annie earned her nickname after shooting 60 cougars over the years as well as 80 black bears who threatened her garden.

America's smallest "national forest" has only 33 trees.

The half-mile long structure is so impressive, it even shows up on satellite images.

This towering totem holds the title for the tallest in the world but only according to some.

Thousand-year-old trees tower within one of the world's only inland temperate rainforests.

The world's largest dark sky preserve is a Canadian park established to preserve the country’s wood bison population.

This revered mutant tree was felled in an act of ecoterrorism leaving a legacy of myth and possibly murder.

The easternmost town in Alaska can only be accessed from Canada.

This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.

One of two side-by-side totem pole parks dedicated to educating visitors on Tlingit history and culture.

A 30-mile-long glacially-carved canyon leads to a massive pair of glaciers.

Often mistaken for an office building, inside this venue is an amazing collection of Native Alaskan art.

On top of a sheet metal business in Juneau stand nearly a dozen charming Wizard of Oz statues.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

Every summer, the Mendenhall River greenbelt comes alive with an explosion of magenta flowers.

A museum devoted entirely to hammers has more than 1,400 items on display dating back to the Romans.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.