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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:

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Map of Previously Off the beaten path

Previous features

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Featured on Wikivoyage.

2025

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April
1 Khujand, Ferghana Valley, Tajikistan
March
2 Banteay Chhmar, Cambodia
February
3 Tezpur, Assam, India
January
4 El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain

2024

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

2023

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

2022

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

2021

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

2020

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

2019

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

2018

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

2017

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December
89 Bozeman, Montana, United States
November
90 Sde Boker, Israel
October
91 Filadelfia, Paraguay
September
92 Kurashiki, Japan
August
93 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
July
94 Groningen, Netherlands
June
95 Labrador, Canada
May
96 Wernigerode, Germany
April
97 Nauru
March
98 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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2011

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2010

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2009

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2008

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2007

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October
Namche Bazaar, Nepal
November
Rietvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa
December
Petra, Jordan
July
Sado Island, Japan 99 Sado Island Sado, Niigata on Wikipedia
August
Tampere, Finland
September
Guinsa, South Korea
April
Ashikaga, Japan 99 Ashikaga
May
Berneray, United Kingdom
June
Dalian, China
January
Panmunjeom, Korea
February
Hoi An, Vietnam
March
Route 66, United States

2006

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Honorary

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A few previous Destinations of the month might have been chosen for "Off the beaten path" instead, if the feature had existed at the time: