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

2024

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

2023

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

2022

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

2021

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

2020

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

2019

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

2018

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

2017

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December
90 Bozeman, Montana, United States
November
91 Sde Boker, Israel
October
92 Filadelfia, Paraguay
September
93 Kurashiki, Japan
August
94 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
July
95 Groningen, Netherlands
June
96 Labrador, Canada
May
97 Wernigerode, Germany
April
98 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
Oxford, Mississippi, United States
November
Pyin U Lwin, Myanmar
December