Afar magazine’s 25 amazing travel destinations for 2025

As a new year dawns, travel magazines and websites everywhere are offering up inspiration for 2025 adventures. Fodor’s issued both Go and No Go lists — the latter included 15 places to avoid — while Conde Nast Traveler suggested 25 places to go this year. Now Afar, the San Francisco-based travel brand, has launched a “where to go” list of its own with 25 “off-the-beaten-path destinations” that range from the beaches of the Danish Riviera — some 90 minutes from Copenhagen — to Oklahoma City.

“Putting together Afar’s annual Where to Go list always adds new destinations to my ‘must visit’ list,” says Afar editor-in-chief Julia Cosgrove. “These places serve as fantastic alternatives to the typical overcrowded spots.”

Maine’s Bold Coast with its 125-mile national scenic byway makes the list for its beautiful views, wild blueberry farms and lobster boats. Lititz, Pennsylvania is described as a place where “Amish culture and rock and roll happily collide 75 miles west of Philadelphia.” And Canada’s Prince Edward County and its combination of beaches — it fronts Lake Ontario — and vineyards woos visitors.

Here are the top 10 picks for the Americas. (Note that Boone, North Carolina, was heavily impacted by flooding from Hurricane Helene this fall.) Find details and suggestions for all 25 destinations around the world at www.afar.com/magazine/.

Top 10 destinations in the Americas

1 Columbus, Ohio

2 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

3 Bold Coast, Maine

4 Boone, North Carolina