Places

Every place here is somewhere I’ve actually been, pulled from a decade of Google Maps stars and ranked by an algorithm that rewards being loved and punishes being famous. No chains, no landmarks everyone already knows. How it works →

58 guides · data last refreshed 5 October 2026

North America

Canada

• Montréal light 13 places from 14 visited

Cuba

• Cuba light 10 places from 18 visited

Mexico

• CDMX thin 6 places from 7 visited

United States

East

• Boston deep 21 places from 97 visited
• New Hampshire deep 20 places from 87 visited
• Rest of New England solid 20 places from 34 visited
• New York City deep 25 places from 92 visited
• Pittsburgh deep 24 places from 81 visited
• Philadelphia light 10 places from 20 visited
• Washington DC good 17 places from 74 visited
• Atlanta solid 15 places from 31 visited
• Florida solid 14 places from 27 visited

Middle

• Chicago light 10 places from 18 visited
• Utah & Colorado light 10 places from 17 visited
• Texas & Oklahoma light 9 places from 20 visited

West

• Seattle & Puget Sound light 10 places from 17 visited
• San Francisco deep 25 places from 204 visited
• Rest of SF Bay Area deep 24 places from 90 visited
• Rest of Northern California solid 20 places from 41 visited
• LA solid 19 places from 33 visited
• San Diego solid 19 places from 33 visited
• Hawaii good 20 places from 46 visited

South America

Argentina

• Buenos Aires solid 15 places from 27 visited
• Rest of Argentina light 15 places from 19 visited

Europe

Albania & North Macedonia

• Albania & North Macedonia light 13 places from 24 visited

Austria

• Vienna solid 14 places from 32 visited

Belarus

• Minsk light 10 places from 20 visited

Belgium

• Brussels light 10 places from 21 visited

France

• Paris deep 19 places from 90 visited

Germany

• Munich light 10 places from 26 visited
• Berlin light 10 places from 31 visited
• Rest of Germany light 10 places from 26 visited

Hungary

• Budapest light 9 places from 28 visited

Iceland

• Iceland light 10 places from 24 visited

Italy

• Italy solid 13 places from 29 visited

Netherlands

• Amsterdam thin 6 places from 8 visited

Poland

• Warsaw light 9 places from 21 visited

Portugal

• Lisbon solid 13 places from 31 visited

Romania

• Romania solid 14 places from 34 visited

Spain

• Spain solid 19 places from 26 visited

Switzerland

• Zürich light 10 places from 15 visited
• Geneva light 10 places from 13 visited

Türkiye

• Istanbul solid 17 places from 33 visited

Ukraine

• Kyiv light 8 places from 15 visited

United Kingdom

• London light 10 places from 55 visited
• Rest of England & Wales solid 17 places from 38 visited

Asia

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong light 11 places from 16 visited

India

• Delhi light 12 places from 16 visited
• Bangalore light 9 places from 12 visited

Japan

• Hokkaido light 8 places from 12 visited
• Tokyo solid 18 places from 37 visited
• Rest of Japan good 18 places from 61 visited

Philippines

• Philippines light 18 places from 22 visited

Qatar, UAE & Kuwait

• Persian Gulf solid 15 places from 37 visited

Singapore

• Singapore solid 14 places from 53 visited

South Korea

• Seoul light 14 places from 22 visited

Thailand

• Bangkok solid 18 places from 43 visited

Vietnam

• Vietnam light 17 places from 19 visited