Places Taxine Wants to Go

Tucked away in the forest, these giant wooden trolls delight visitors in Charlestown, Rhode Island.

250-year-old farm now features sculptures, a petting zoo and a hippy-bazaar.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as a graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

This bookstore for weird fiction doubles as Providence’s de facto center for information about H.P. Lovecraft.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

Come for the springs; stay for the mud bath.

The larger of two volcanic peaks rising out of the crystalline waters of the Caribbean.

A volcanically-heated waterfall in the St. Lucian rainforest.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.

A model train wonderland hidden beneath Gare de l'Est station.

A lush vertical garden blooming in the heart of Paris.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

A phantasmagoric tomb honors a Belgian artist-scientist's contributions to the world of spooky entertainment.

A letterpress workshop committed to the art of printing, with unique and creative designs.

A large portion of this navigable canal runs under Paris's famed boulevards.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

A treasure trove of audio technology, from wax cylinders to juke boxes and record players.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

Shop at the 200-year-old store where Julia Child stocked up on copper cookware.