5. Maine
4. North Dakota
3. Manitoba
2. the Santa Cruz Mountains
1. Western Australia

5. Anywhere up the BC coast, north of about Pender Harbour.

4. Pendleton OR

3. Shatin, HK  (although I'm not sure anywhere in HK is off the beaten path)

2. I can't come up with any more!

Oh, here's one, sort of:

2. Rome, near the Vatican, in the area immediately _south_ of St. Peter's.  I don't think Rome is off the beaten path, but if you wanted a quiet, nice area in Rome to stay, this is ideal.  It's mostly residential, with some shops on the streets closest to St. Peter's.  There's a GS grocery store a short walk, there's a small train station....

5. Caeseria Maritima

4. Crimea

3. Crater Lake

2. Canarsie

1. [that's it for the C's]

To me, a list is disrespectful. It trivializes the place and experience. It is wrong in the same way that a list of "Five women I'd like to fuck again" is wrong.

>It is wrong in the same way that a list of "Five women I'd like to fuck again" is wrong.

That's not wrong.  If you've never made that list, shame on you.

2) Bathroom
1) Bedroom

Huh.  I'd think your Bedroom and Bathroom are pretty much the definition of "The Beaten Path".

But some people are much less active than I am, I guess.

lol. well done.