Places rubysage Wants to Go

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

These pink granite water slides are the result of millions of years of erosion.

Giant works of art interspersed throughout meadows and woodlands offer a new discovery at every turn.

A small "palace" and museum made of, and devoted entirely, to salt.

High-end dining has a home in this former gas station.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

See the sky in a new way through this art installation.

A city park that sits on top of a freeway.

This refurbished gas station is one of the oldest in Texas, located on the original Route 66.

Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

A sculpture of a giant man escaping from the depths of the Earth.

In Parr Park, thousands of painted rocks line this walking trail.

This strategically-placed fountain creates the magnificent illusion of mustangs galloping across a river.

A Texas-sized secondhand bookstore features 54,000 square feet of books, music, and media.

A few times a day, you can see an animatronic cowboy shoot-out.

Fall through a crack in the seams of reality at this immersive art installation.

"Dallas’s pretty much only carnivorous plant gallery."

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

Hidden within a spa in a Texas strip mall is a restaurant specializing in Eastern European foods.