Netflix’s new thriller Below pulled 17 million views in its first four days, the biggest debut ever for a Canadian title on the platform. That means millions of people just got a long look at Newfoundland’s sea cliffs, icebergs, and fishing villages.

Northern Ireland and New Zealand both turned hit productions into tourism booms (hello, Game of Thrones and The Lord of the Rings). The question is whether all that screen time turns into actual visitors, and what Newfoundland would need to do to cash in.

Niagara and Yosemite get the hype, but the US is flush with waterfalls worth knowing about, and they’re not all in the Pacific Northwest.

Fall is when they look their best, and these 14, from Washington to New York, are worth the trip this season.

Hotel Yellowstone sits atop a butte in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where every room, the restaurant, and even the pool look straight at the Teton Range, close enough that you’ll feel like you’re inside the park.

Jackson Hole’s first adults-only hotel pairs those views with a salt room, cold plunge, sunset dinners, and guided day trips into Grand Teton and Yellowstone.

Antarctica is buckling under its own popularity: visitor numbers jumped from about 7,400 a season in the early ’90s to roughly 122,000 today, and most of them funnel into the same handful of landing sites.

The Arctic Circle makes the case for heading the other way, with polar bears and narwhals instead of just penguins, Indigenous cultures, the northern lights, and trips you can do solo and on a budget instead of booking a $10,000 cruise.

Estes Park sits above 7,500 feet at the edge of Rocky Mountain National Park, and the itinerary practically forces you to slow down: yoga by the lake, stargazing, and boozy coffee by a duck pond.

The Matador Editorial Team

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