This is a list of underrated and overlooked places to visit — a travel aficionado’s bucket list of places to experience ways of living, not just sights to see.

US & Canada

• Auburn, AL
• Nelson, BC
• Squamish, BC 
• Tofino, BC
• Victoria, BC
• Half Moon Bay, CA
• Big Sur, CA
• Encinitas, CA
• Calistoga, CA
• Mammoth Lakes, CA
• South Pasadena, CA
• Carmel, CA
• Salida, CO
• Crested Butte, CO
• Telluride, CO
• Ouray, CO
• Pāʻia, HI 
• Stanley, ID
• Noblesville, IN
• Portland, ME
• Traverse City, MI
• Starkville, MS
• Whitefish, MT
• Helena, MT
• Bozeman, MT
• Cary, NC
• Beaufort, NC
• Hanover, NH
• Taos, NM
• Red Hook, NY
• East Aurora, NY
• Bend, OR
• Ashland, OR
• Charleston, SC
• Townsend, TN
• Marfa, TX
• Eastsound, Orcas Islands, WA
• Lynden, WA
• Leavenworth, WA
• Jackson, WY

Europe

• Zell am See, Austria
• Bruges, Belgium
• Odense, Denmark
• Aix-en-Provence, France
• Metz, France
• Lucca, Italy
• San Gimignano, Italy
• Maranello, Italy
• Modena, Italy
• Bergamo, Italy
• Merano, Italy
• Varenna, Italy
• Tropea, Italy
• Ålesund, Norway
• Aveiro, Portugal
• San Sebastián, Spain
• Santander, Spain
• Santiago de Compostela, Spain
• Lugano, Switzerland
• Montreux, Switzerland
• Zermatt, Switzerland
• Užupis, Vilnius, Lithuania

Asia Pacific 

• Perth, Australia
• Cairns, Australia
• Amritsar, India
• McLeodganj, India
• Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
• Nozawaonsen, Japan
• Queenstown, New Zealand 
• Raglan, New Zealand
• Busan, South Korea
• Hội An, Vietnam

Central & South America

• Brasília, Brazil
• Salento, Colombia
• Santa Teresa, Costa Rica
• Montezuma, Costa Rica
• Sayulita, Mexico
• Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay

Africa

• Marrakech, Morocco