See a place before you go

Somewhere Drive is two things that work together: a YouTube channel of calm, full-length drives filmed from the driver's seat in 4K, and this site, a guide to the places behind them. We started in Los Angeles in April 2026 and have since driven through Orange County, San Diego, Las Vegas, Utah, Seattle, Bosnia and Crete, and written up places we've explored on foot, from Bergamo and Genoa to Ängelholm and the Greek islands.

Most guides tell you about a place. We'd rather show you. Wherever we can, our guides come with the full drive through the streets, at the speed we drove, so you can see a place as it really is before you go. That's useful whether you're planning a trip, thinking about moving, or just curious about somewhere you've never been.

Here you'll find guides to Los Angeles neighborhoods, with their history, what to see, rent and home values and how to get around; destination pages and trip notes from places we've been; stories about the history behind them; and a travel map of everywhere we've been so far.

The drives themselves have no talking and no narration. Most keep the natural sound of the road; a few of our Europe drives use a quiet ambient soundtrack instead. We edit out the long waits at red lights and in traffic, so the drive keeps moving. Plenty of people also just put a drive on to fall asleep, to study, or to have somewhere calm on the TV, and that's welcome too.

Curious how we film? It's a small, simple setup: one camera on the windshield or the moonroof. See our gear.

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