I Know Places: Here are all the Locations from Taylor Swift's Songs

“I know places we won’t be found”

— Taylor Swift

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Welcome to Taylor Swift's enchanting world of storytelling. One of her greatest strengths is painting vivid pictures with her words, instantly making us visualize the scenes she describes. It's as if there's a music video for every song, even if it's just in our minds (remember Speak Now?!). These places she mentions in her songs aren't just random locations; they hold special meanings as symbols of the emotions she wants to express.

I’ve curated this list for us Swifties. It took ages to pull together, but anything to understand Taylor better, right? There’s nothing like standing in a place she sings about and seeing it through her eyes — suddenly you get why she named it, what it felt like, and how it fits the story.

From the bustling lights of New York City to the peaceful Windermere peaks in England's Lake District, each place carries a deeper significance. When you visit these locations yourself, you'll gain a deeper understanding of the emotions Taylor skillfully captures. Get ready to embark on a captivating journey as we explore the world through Taylor's eyes.

Let’s go - here are all the locations from Taylor Swift’s songs:

1. Georgia, USA

• Tim McGraw: He said the way my blue eyes shined put those Georgia stars to shame that night

2. Los Angeles, California, USA

• White Horse: This ain’t Hollywood, this is a small town

• The Lucky One: New to town with a made up name in the angels’ city chasing fortune and fame

• I Bet You Think About Me: You grew up in a silver spoon gated community, glamorous, shiny, bright Beverly Hills

• The Very First Night: But don’t forget about the night out in L.A.

• Gorgeous: Whiskey on ice, Sunset and Vine

• ‘Tis The Damn Season: So I’ll go back to L.A. and the so-called friends who’ll write books about me if I ever make it

• London Boy: I love my hometown as much as Motown, I love SoCal

• Invisible String: Bad was the blood of the song in the cab on your first trip to L.A.

• When Emma Falls in Love: Well, she's so New York when she's in L.A.

• Clara Bow: No one in my small town thought I'd meet these suits in L.A.

• Elizabeth Taylor: Be my NY when Hollywood hates me

• Elizabeth Taylor: We hit the best booth at Musso and Frank's

3. New York, USA

• All Too Well: We’re singing in the car, getting lost Upstate

• Holy Ground: Back to a first-glance feeling on New York time

• The Lucky One: Chose the Rose Garden over Madison Square

• Come Back… Be Here: I guess you’re in New York today

• Delicate: Dive bar on the East Side, where you at?

• Delicate: Third floor on the West Side, me and you

• All Too Well (10 Minute Version): From when your Brooklyn broke my skin and bones

• Welcome to New York: Welcome to New York, it’s been waiting for you

• Cornelia Street: I rent a place on Cornelia Street, I say casually in the car

• False God: I’m New York City, I still do it for you, babe

• False God: You’re the West Village, you still do it for me, babe

• Daylight: Back and forth from New York, sneaking in your bed

• Cardigan: Your heartbeat on the High Line, once in twenty lifetimes

• Hoax: You know I left a part of me back in New York

• Coney Island: I’m sitting on a bench in Coney Island wondering, where did my baby go?

• Maroon: And I chose you, the one I was dancing with in New York

• When Emma Falls in Love: Well, she's so New York when she's in LA

• Clara Bow: Thought I'd see the lights of Manhattan

• Elizabeth Taylor: Be my NY when Hollywood hates me

4. Nashville, Tennessee, USA

• London Boy: And you know I love Springsteen, faded blue jeans, Tennessee whiskey

• Invisible String: Green was the color of the grass where I used to read at Centennial Park

• I Think He Knows: He got my heartbeat skipping down 16th Avenue

• Ruin the Friendship: You drive, 85, Gallatin Road and the Lakeside Beach

5. London, England

• Come Back… Be Here: I guess you’re in London today

• Message In A Bottle: How is it in London? Where were you while I’m wondering if I’ll ever see you again?

• London Boy: You know I love a London boy

• London Boy: I enjoy walking Camden Market in the afternoon

• London Boy: Took me back to Highgate, met all of his best mates

• London Boy: And now I love high tea, stories from uni, and the West End

• London Boy: I enjoy nights in Brixton, Shoreditch in the afternoon

• London Boy: So please show me Hackney, doesn’t have to be Louis V up on Bond Street

• London Boy: I enjoy walking SoHo, drinking in the afternoon

• Beautiful Ghosts: I’ll never wander London streets alone and haunted

• So Long, London: For so long, London. Stitches undone. Two graves, one gun. I'll find someone

Heading to London? I created a London Travel Guide to help you sightsee the Taylor Way.

6. Paris, France

• Paris: I was taken by the view, like we were in Paris

• Paris: Like we were somewhere else, like we were in Paris

• Paris: ‘Cause we were in Paris, yes, we were somewhere else

• Paris: My love, we were in Paris, yes, we were somewhere else

• Elizabeth Taylor: When you called me at the Plaza Athénée

7. Florida, USA

• Fortnight: Move to Florida, buy the car you want

• Florida!!!: Florida. Is one hell of a drug. Florida. Can I use you up?

• Florida!!!: I need to forget, so take me to Florida

• Florida!!!: I've got some regrets, I'll bury them in Florida

• Florida!!!: At least the dolls are beautiful, f*** me up, Florida

• Florida!!!: What a crash, what a rush, f*** me up, Florida

• Florida!!!: Love left me like this and I don't want to exist. So take me to Florida

• Florida!!!: A town you're just a guest in (Florida)

• Florida!!!: The town you'll get arrested (Florida)

8. Other Locations

• The Man: I’d be just like Leo in St. Tropez

• The Last Great American Dynasty: Her saltbox house on the coast took her mind off St. Louis

• The Last Great American Dynasty: Rebekah gave up on the Rhode Island set forever

• Seven: But I, I was high in the sky with Pennsylvania under me

• Seven: Pack your dolls and a sweater, we’ll move to India forever

• Invisible String: Bold was the waitress on our three-year trip getting lunch down by the Lakes

• The Lakes: Take me to the Lakes where all the poets went to die

• The Lakes: Those Windermere peaks look like the perfect place to cry

• Dorothea: The stars in your eyes shined brighter in Tupelo

• Sweet Nothing: We almost forgot it, does it ever miss Wicklow sometimes?

• Bigger Than The Whole Sky: Did some bird flap its wings over in Asia?

• Karma: Flexing like a Vegas acrobat, me and karma vibe like that

• Carolina: And there are places I will never ever go and things that only Carolina will ever know

• Fortnight: 'Nother fortnight lost in America

• Florida!!!: The shitstorm back in Texas

• Florida!!!: For a time-share down in Destin

• I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can): On a six-lane Texas highway

• Elizabeth Taylor: Portofino was on my mind

9. Honorable Mentions

• Wonderland: And in the end, in Wonderland, we both went mad

• Cowboy Like Me: Now you hang from my lips like the Gardens of Babylon

• The Last Great American Dynasty: They picked out a home and called it Holiday House

• No Body, No Crime: Este wasn’t there Tuesday night at Olive Garden, at her job, or anywhere

• The Tortured Poets Department: This ain't the Chelsea Hotel, we'rе modern idiots

• The Black Dog: Into some bar called The Black Dog

There you have it - all locations from Taylor Swift’s songs. Which ones are you going to visit?

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