A thoughtful topic, George, thank you!

Two UHH users come immediately to mind as ones to view for uncommon photos in much-photographed areas. I'm sure there are more.
Utah: Cany143 https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/user-profile?usernum=83974
Slovenia: frjack https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/user-profile?usernum=38113

For local "creative exercise" taken to the max, check UHH user MinnieV's dam birds in her home state, non-photogenic Mississippi https://luminous-landscape.com/the-dam-birds-luminous-endowment-grant-winner/

I live in an area of Washington State with extensive commercial fruit orchards. I found that winter is the most fun time to photograph apple orchards. Similarly, this is the Hops Capitol of the World, but my favorite photo ops come after the harvests.

Vacations of a lifetime are awesome and everyone wants to document their visits with the iconic shots, but as CPR suggests, there may be much more around "home" than many consider. It can help to pretend (or do for real) that you are showing someone the area for the very first time. See through someone else's eyes!