Places rubysage Wants to Go

What do we know about the real woman behind one of the Beatles' most famous songs?

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.

A thousand year old oak tree survives in Liverpool.

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

This cave resembles the Star Wars Jedi master.

What was once believed to be a church floor turned out to be the artwork of geology.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

One of Ayutthaya’s most iconic locations is a mysterious, hauntingly surreal miracle.

The golden Buddha statue at the Wat Muang Monastery is the tallest in Thailand, and the ninth-tallest in the world.

The world's longest bridge fountain has hundreds of nozzles that create a beautiful, illuminated spectacle.

Visit the real-life site of the fictional pizzeria in Bong Joon-Ho's film Parasite.

A 32-acre fun park dedicated to all things cheese.

Throughout this South Korean village, homes and businesses are covered in fantastic handpainted murals.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

Massive crater in central Oregon.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

In the high desert east of Bend, the University of Oregon maintains a research observatory on a remote mountain peak.

A small arthouse cinema in Bend, Oregon showing independent films in a tucked away historic alley

This temple located on a vertical drop of a rocky mountain houses relics from the Song Dynasty.

Stretching almost 2,000 feet, this painting is one of the longest pieces of Buddhist artwork in the world.

While it might look like an ordinary chain, this is the shop that turned Thai iced tea into a global phenomenon.

Vintage furniture and art share space with all manner of collectibles at this quirky shop in Bangkok.

The site of a Japanese traders’ settlement that once thrived in Ayutthaya, if for less than a century.

A colorful kitschy temple and floating market off the beaten path.