Off the beaten path is a showcase article about a lesser-known or unusual travel destination, selected monthly by Wikivoyage's users. See Previous Destinations of the month for better-known destinations, Previous Featured travel topics for phrasebooks, itineraries and travel topics, and Wikivoyage:Destination of the month candidates to nominate and discuss future "Off the beaten path" destinations.

Previously featured destinations were:

Map
Map of Previously Off the beaten path

Previous features

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Featured on Wikivoyage.

2025

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June
1 Vaals, Limburg, Netherlands
May
2 New England National Park, New South Wales, Australia
April
3 Khujand, Ferghana Valley, Tajikistan
March
4 Banteay Chhmar, Cambodia
February
5 Tezpur, Assam, India
January
6 El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain

2024

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December
7 Yarrangobilly Caves, New South Wales, Australia
November
8 Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil
October
9 La Tremblade, France
September
10 Minot, North Dakota, United States
August
11 Ath, Belgium
July
12 Mount Buller, Victoria, Australia
June
13 North West River, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
May
14 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
April
15 Hagi, Japan
March
16 Iquitos, Peru
February
17 Puerto Morelos, Mexico
January
18 Air Itam, Malaysia

2023

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December
19 Easter Island, Chile
November
20 Pai, Thailand
October
21 Salem, Massachusetts, United States
September
22 Amager, Copenhagen, Denmark
August
23 Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
July
24 Tombstone Territorial Park, Yukon, Canada
June
25 Tutuala, Timor-Leste
May
26 Stamford, England, United Kingdom
April
27 Klaksvík, Faroe Islands, Kingdom of Denmark
March
28 Guanajuato City, Guanajuato, Mexico
February
29 Jimbaran, Bali, Indonesia
January
30 Navarre, Florida, United States

2022

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December
31 Gävle, Gävleborg County, Sweden
November
32 Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India
October
33 Savaii, Samoa
September
34 Budderoo National Park, New South Wales, Australia
August
35 Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands
July
36 Farnborough, England, United Kingdom
June
37 Homer, Alaska, United States of America
May
38 Percé, Quebec, Canada
April
39 Alishan, Taiwan
March
40 Magome, Japan
February
41 San Ignacio, Belize
January
42 Koror, Palau

2021

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December
43 Montserrat
November
44 Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
October
45 Chavín de Huántar, Peru
September
46 Diablo Range, California, United States
August
47 Bergen, Lower Saxony, Germany
July
48 Neuland, Paraguay
June
49 Visp, Switzerland
May
50 Crawford, Nebraska, United States of America
April
51 Simpelveld, Netherlands
March
52 Porto da Cruz, Madeira, Portugal
February
53 Belgrave, Victoria, Australia
January
54 Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

2020

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December
55 New Smyrna Beach, Florida, United States
November
56 Iriomote, Japan
October
57 Nkhata Bay, Malawi
September
58 Alcamo, Italy
August
59 Apia, Samoa
July
60 Faaborg, Denmark
June
61 Karakol, Kyrgyzstan
May
62 Nagykanizsa, Hungary
April
63 Thimphu, Bhutan
March
64 Great Basin National Park, Nevada, United States
February
65 Jeffreys Bay, South Africa
January
66 Norfolk Island

2019

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December
67 Pakse, Laos
November
68 Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands
October
69 Letchworth State Park, New York, United States
September
70 Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand
August
71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
July
72 Yuryev-Polsky, Russia
June
73 Ilulissat, Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark
May
74 Pleasanton, California, United States
April
75 Bouzigues, France
March
76 Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
February
77 Khasab, Oman
January
78 Chatham Islands, New Zealand

2018

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December
79 Baños, Ecuador
November
80 Keenjhar Lake, Pakistan
October
81 Valletta, Malta
September
82 Bronzeville, Chicago, United States
August
83 Goroka, Papua New Guinea
July
84 Höfn, Iceland
June
85 Piton de la Fournaise, Réunion
May
86 Erlangen, Germany
April
87 Poros, Greece
March
88 Brownsville, Texas, United States
February
89 Kakamega Rainforest, Kenya
January
90 Ukulhas, Maldives

2017

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December
91 Bozeman, Montana, United States
November
92 Sde Boker, Israel
October
93 Filadelfia, Paraguay
September
94 Kurashiki, Japan
August
95 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
July
96 Groningen, Netherlands
June
97 Labrador, Canada
May
98 Wernigerode, Germany
April
99 Nauru
March
99 Kabak, Turkey
February
99 Entebbe, Uganda
January
99 Stanley, Falkland Islands

2016

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December
99 North Central New Mexico, United States
November
99 Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, Australia
October
99 Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
September
99 Anacostia, Washington, D.C., United States
August
99 Salalah, Oman
July
99 Palmyra, New York, United States
June
99 Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
May
99 Dilijan, Armenia
April
99 Mount Rinjani, Indonesia
March
99 Swakopmund, Namibia
February
99 Hilo, Hawaii, United States
January
99 Ein Gedi, Israel

2015

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December
99 Taxila, Pubjab Pakistan
November
99 Praia, Cape Verde
October
99 Hyden, Western Australia, Australia
September
99 Altai Tavan Bogd National Park, Mongolia
August
99 Davenport, Iowa, United States
July
99 Trondheim, Norway
June
99 Turku, Finland
May
99 Iseo, Italy
April
99 Sierra Vista, Arizona, United States
March
99 Ushuaia, Argentina
February
99 Kirthar National Park, Pakistan
January
99 Saba

2014

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December
99 Fox Glacier, New Zealand
November
99 Taketomi, Japan
October
99 Mitzpe Ramon, Israel
September
99 Vava'u, Tonga
August
99 Far Northwest Side, Chicago, United States
July
99 Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
June
99 Travemünde, Germany
May
99 Vianden, Luxembourg
April
99 Biscayne National Park, Florida, United States
March
99 Paramaribo, Suriname
February
99 Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan
January
99 Valle de Cocora, Colombia

2013

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December
99 Musandam Peninsula, Oman
November
99 Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
October
99 Clarence, New York, United States
September
99 La Macarena, Colombia
August
99 Soltau, Germany
July
99 Childs, New York, United States
June
99 Ölgii, Mongolia
May
99 Nevyansk, Russia
April
99 South Pole, Antarctica
March
99 Udupi, India
February
99 Niamey, Niger
January
99 Staraya Russa, Russia

Unofficial Off the Beaten Path

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Featured on Wikitravel before Wikivoyage was adopted as a Wikimedia project.

2012

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October
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, District of Columbia/Maryland/West Virginia, United States
November
Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam
December
Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia
July, August & September
Canyonlands National Park, Utah, United States
April
Eindhoven, Netherlands
May
Staraya Russa, Russia
June
Sydfynske Øhav, Denmark
January
Kuta, Indonesia
February
Cape Le Grand National Park, Australia
March
Nanao, Japan 99 Nanao

2011

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October