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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March
1 Banteay Chhmar, Cambodia
February
2 Tezpur, Assam, India
January
3 El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain

2024

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

2023

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

2022

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

2021

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

2020

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

2019

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

2018

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

2017

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December
88 Bozeman, Montana, United States
November
89 Sde Boker, Israel
October
90 Filadelfia, Paraguay
September
91 Kurashiki, Japan
August
92 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
July
93 Groningen, Netherlands
June
94 Labrador, Canada
May
95 Wernigerode, Germany
April
96 Nauru
March
97 Kabak, Turkey
February
98 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
Bandarban, Bangladesh
July
Menzies, Australia
August
Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, United States
September
Tongren, China
April
Jeju, South Korea