r/self • u/drajasharma • 3d ago
What's the best place you've visited that most people have never heard of?
Could be a town, village, island, mountain, or even a random roadside stop.
I'm looking for places that deserve more attention.
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u/Bombastic_tekken 3d ago
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.
Absolutely gorgeous place.
Super cool stuff nearby too.
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u/Plcoomer 3d ago
This place
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u/Bombastic_tekken 3d ago
It's awesome, mountains, bison, 40ft hole, and then stop in medicine park for some live music and beer.
One of my favorite spots.
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u/_castin 3d ago edited 3d ago
A place in Michigan called Torch lake.
It's a crystal clear, bright blue lake with absolutely zero seaweed that looks like a tropical paradise. There is a massive shallow sandbar in the middle of the lake where hundreds of boats park up to party.
Highly recommend looking it up on google images.
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u/thewarmdossier 3d ago
Spent a week in Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy. Basically a dying village on an eroding plateau you reach by footbridge. Population maybe twelve people. No cars, no shops really, just stone houses and silence. Most tourists hit Rome or Florence and miss it entirely. Gets maybe a handful of visitors a day. The light there in late afternoon is insane, and sitting on the edge watching the badlands fall away around you changes how you think about time passing. Highly recommend if you're willing to go nowhere special to get there.
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u/DragonParty67 3d ago
Bishops Castle in Colorado. My birthday trip every year growing up. Loved to see it change and grow.
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u/FineUnderachievment 2d ago
The dude who built it (well it’s his son now) is completely insane. It’s a very cool place to stop and check out, I’ve been several times, but the son is usually ranting crazy stuff by a bonfire to a bunch of other crazy followers. Also it’s is really interesting watching it change, but large sections are off limits because they’re not safe.
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u/DragonParty67 2d ago
Yeeaahh, my parents never let me go near him. Id heard plenty about him, but it is still a beautiful place.
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u/FineUnderachievment 2d ago
Absolutely. It’s a total trip seeing a castle in the San Isabel National Forest. My Dad would keep me away from him too, but I saw enough. He also told me the guy was batshit crazy.
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u/Busy_Beginning_56 3d ago
Cuernavaca in Mexico. At least in the 70’s. It has probably changed a lot by now and is more commercial.
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u/_deathgrapes_ 3d ago
The forest of Kingley Vale in the England has some crazy-looking ancient trees. The place used to be a viking battleground. I think some weird stuff happens there. I've seen occulty-ish things hanging in trees and the whole place has a weird vibe, but the trees are beautiful.
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u/Easy_Mycologist_9150 3d ago
Spiti Valley in India. Photos genuinely don’t do that place justice. Feels like another planet.
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u/Honeyful-Air 3d ago
Orkney islands, off the north-east coast of Scotland. If you're in any way interested in prehistoric stuff, there's an amazing amount of it in a very small area. Plus gorgeous scenery and a WW2 Italian church made in a Nissan hut.
Foix in the French Pyrennes. Medieval castle, cobblestoned old town, great food, gorgeous scenery. It's not completely unknown, as it does get tourists but mainly French and Spanish ones and not nearly as many as the coastal towns of the region.
Piran in Slovenia is a chill spot with a nice blend of Slavic and Venetian influences.
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u/Danulas 3d ago
I have two answers because I can't decide which one was better.
The Mayan ruins of Uxmal. Chichen Itza gets all the buzz, but Uxmal is more visually impressive due to how compact it is and the varying elevations that the ruins exist on. As far as I'm aware, there aren't any guided tours from Cancun like there are for Chichen Itza, so it's much less accessible but also much less busy.
The Vasa Museum in Stockholm. Narcissistic Swedish king commissioned a ship that would be a symbol of Sweden's military might in the 1600's. Beautifully decorated and armed to the gills, it capsized on its maiden voyage a mere kilometer from the port. Sweden reclaimed it from the water in the 1960's, immediately began engaging in preservation efforts, and built a whole museum around it. This museum is a must-see for anyone visiting Stockholm.
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u/throwaway_readerx 3d ago
Gjirokaster in Albania is incredible for the architecture alone, but it feels like nobody outside of the Balkans even knows it exists.
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u/ferocioustigercat 3d ago
Kiva Koffeehouse in Escalante, UT. Didn't know it was there and then basically drove around the bend and suddenly there was this cool coffee house. They were more of a restaurant, but had good food and great views.
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u/Eraydiated 3d ago
Ezé in France and Ephesus in Turkey. Ephesus is ancient and has so much history on top of being beautiful. Ezé is a super small town near Nice that is mostly set in a castle on top of a cliff. So you wonder around the castle grounds and there’s all these tiny shops inside the castle very original and cool
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u/Montara92 3d ago
Orchard Park, New York
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u/ebeth_the_mighty 2d ago
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. Cool World Heritage Site. Really enjoyed it.
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u/FineUnderachievment 2d ago
Maybe Arenal, Costa Rica. It’s an active volcano. I’d been there one day when an earthquake hit about 70 miles away. I’d never been in an earthquake, and then the volcano started erupting. I figured that was it for me.
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u/Ok_Expression_8271 2d ago
Friday Harbor, Washington state. People from Seattle know it. But very few out of staters. And none from the east coast. Very cool place.
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u/elenasxo 3d ago
Faroe Islands, felt like another planet entirely.