Previously Off the beaten path

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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.

2024

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October
1 La Tremblade, France
September
2 Minot, North Dakota, United States
August
3 Ath, Belgium
July
4 Mount Buller, Victoria, Australia
June
5 North West River, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
May
6 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
April
7 Hagi, Japan
March
8 Iquitos, Peru
February
9 Puerto Morelos, Mexico
January
10 Air Itam, Malaysia

2023

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

2022

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

2021

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

2020

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

2019

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

2018

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

2017

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December
83 Bozeman, Montana, United States
November
84 Sde Boker, Israel
October
85 Filadelfia, Paraguay
September
86 Kurashiki, Japan
August
87 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
July
88 Groningen, Netherlands
June
89 Labrador, Canada
May
90 Wernigerode, Germany
April
91 Nauru
March
92 Kabak, Turkey
February
93 Entebbe, Uganda
January
94 Stanley, Falkland Islands

2016

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December
95 North Central New Mexico, United States
November
96 Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, Australia
October
97 Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
September
98 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: