If you are looking for something completely different to do on your next day trip from Tucson (and you don’t mind driving along a really rough road), you should pack a picnic and make your way to Ruby, a mining ghost town located just north of the Mexican border. The town once held the distinction of being the largest mining camp in Arizona and is rumored to have been a place of “mining, murder and mayhem”. Today you will find a deserted town that still has about two dozen buildings which can be explored at your own pace with the help of a map you will receive from the caretaker.