Best are the beautiful places that tourists don’t go. How wonderful it feels to make the discovery of beauty or meaning for yourself. All at once a moment hits you - lightning striking with pure feeling. Life floods you with rapture.
No guidebook could lead to these moments, as no weather forecaster has yet been able to predict lightning strikes. What they don’t know, you have found - as suddenly you are struck and without premeditation. No return plan can be formulated in regulated thought, but your soul and body already know - you will make a pilgrimage to return to this spot, this site someday. And not because you expect a second miracle, but as an homage driven by sheer gratitude.
How truly magical it is when no reputation or marketing campaign precedes an experiential revelation of beauty. Experience this consistently enough and you’ll find that you inhabit a world of secret landmarks. And this alone is enough for your soul to live on: organically created meaning sustains a lifetime.