Places rubysage Wants to Go

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

This 1930s-era Route 66 Tulsa landmark was moved, restored, and filled with neon.

The surprising home of the iconic Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.

A local cafe and concert venue occupy a 1913 school house.

Giant trolls run this farm!

This Rodin sculpture in Cleveland bears the lasting marks of a 1970 bombing.

Collectors keep the story of Ohio Valley glassmaking alive.

Visit a section of the historic wall that once divided Berlin in the heart of Columbus, Ohio.

A collection of thousands of pieces of unique, colorful glass made in this Ohio town.

Circleville is seriously smitten with this giant gourd.

This 35-foot-tall hamburger-toting chef is said to be the largest bobblehead in the world.

The playful side of the Columbus community is on full display.

Housing the history of a small Ohio town that is known to some as the pottery capital of the United States.

One man's collection of found art, sculpture, and ephemera adorns his two side-by-side homes.

Hundreds of 19th-century characters descend upon an Ohio town every autumn.

The former broadcast site has been reimagined as a museum about the medium.