Was already on an island in Alaska for a while earlier this year. That was primarily to visit with my folks, who moved there in 1999, and some other friends, also nearby (actually on another nearby island).
Never much of a "summer vacationer" ... preferred the autumn or the winter months. My most memorable one was to Scotland in February. Bitterly cold, no other tourists around, snow, beautiful ruined castles and abbeys, quiet and the beautiful ocean roaring in my ears. There are fewer places more beautiful to me on this earth other than the Hebrides or even Scotland herself....
Would like to visit Japan in the autumn admittedly ... haven't been able to swing that one yet.