Places Taxine Wants to Go

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.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

An underground tropical garden sits inside a Paris Métro Station.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

Set sail on a small scale.

Hear the tales of New York's most notorious criminals.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.