Another comment on photographing in overphotographed places...
I live a few hours' drive from Yosemite, and visit about once a year. I find that if you make a minimal effort to get away from the roads, and especially away from the standard popular viewpoints, you can find all sorts of wonderful photos that you haven't seen before. As you head down trails, the density of people, and density of cameras, drops dramatically. You don't necessarily need to be a local, you just need to be willing to spend some time wandering in interesting-looking directions away from your car.
Lisa
P.S. I do agree somewhat with the original poster, that I enjoy seeing articles about locations more than the technical articles, and they seem fewer than they used to be (I may be wrong, but that's my impression). On the other hand, I've seen good questions here on this forum where someone asks for good locations in Arizona, or suggestions for where to go in Europe, for example. Maybe you just need to ask some leading questions here, and people will be more than happy to make suggestions and send links to their photos.