This 50+ year old dude spends his time riding around his home state of California (and neighboring states) via his motorcycle (and now Jeep). He also makes music (thus his nickname "Elvis Boy"). Some people are just lucky, I guess!

This channel is perfect to watch if you enjoy biker types and their camaderie, as well as the awesome landscapes of the U.S. West Coast.

Adam the Woo is the "OG" of United States travel/small town vlogging. He started his channel "TheDailyWoo" with the goal of uploading daily vlogs about his life.

By now you can say he's quite controversial. He created some of the most wonderful road trip vlogs, taking in the scenery and beauty of old forgotten towns all over America.

But to the shock to his fans, he then decided to settle down in the most corporate, antiseptic, planned community of Celebration, Florida (created by the Disney Corporation in the 1990s) and cram his channel chock full of "Woopeat" videos, advertising for the Disney Vacation Club program, and filming the nearby Disney theme parks obsessively. (Fun fact: He got banned from Universal Florida years ago for sneaking into backstage areas and filming.)

Of course, it's hard to keep up a travel schedule on the road, and Disney videos are known to bring in a reliable, global audience. But fans who loved his small town America content are upset - and there *is* something disturbing about someone who appreciated old murals, original Americana, and vast landscapes to now spend hours' worth of his time admiring the "Mickey Power Pole," Disney pins and other merchandise, ride the same rides over and over, and keep his camera trained for minutes on the clock in Celebration's town square or artificial lake.

Fortunately we can still enjoy his older content traveling the U.S., many of which are mapped below!

Lord Spoda's channel is proof that there is plenty of room for travel vloggers to find success, just by getting in their car, traveling the United States, and documenting what they see. He is one of the most productive, widely-traveled U.S. travel vloggers and often augments his video with personal drone footage, which is nice.

Some of his commentary might not sit well with everyone. (Watch his channel long enough and you see what I mean.) He is critical of what is going in some areas of the country, with a distinctive, somewhat political slant. In that regard he's a bit like @NickJohnson - getting clicks by making controversial statements about states and cities. His tendency to show off his bikini-clad wife seems a bit odd as well - click-baity for sure, but you can't argue with success.

Regardless of what you think of his channel, one has to appreciate the dedication of traveling so many places and bringing us high-quality footage. If you enjoy watching U.S. location videos - and either share his opinions, or don't mind listening to other people's views - you will find this channel has plenty to offer.

@RayOutThere travels mostly the U.S. northeast - New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. He specializes in footage from abandoned malls and oddities.

His channel is a rare gem and should be more popular - his style of filming is great, and he is clearly very knowledgeable about the area he roams. Unlike some other U.S. travel vloggers he does not rely on clickbait, controversy, or filler material. His narration is down-to-earth and engaging.

That he does not travel beyond the area he knows might be both his biggest drawback and greatest asset. How refreshing - a vlogger who doesn't feel the need to roam several states and hit dozens of well-documented attractions just to fill up his channel with more "content"!

If you have interest in the lesser-known places of the U.S. Northeast (e.g. used to live there / live there now), and/or love abandoned malls, you might find find this channel to be the perfect place to relax and go on a virtual road trip.

@TheCarpetbagger is another one of those more controversial U.S. vloggers. He brings us footage from (mostly) oddities museums, state fairs, amusement parks, and roadside attractions.

Do you like footage of grand vistas and beautiful nature? You won't find much of this here. Jacob keeps up with a grueling travel schedule to capture footage of all sorts of odd items. And yes, many of those are a bit cringe - "tourist traps," if you will. Not everyone will enjoy his narration, which tends to be excessively detailed, noting everything that his camera sees.

Yet it's easy to see why @TheCarpetbagger has a dedicated following. Jacob is truly a likeable guy and wholesome (he was a social worker before starting his channel as a hobby). His detailed commentary helps to make his videos accessible for people who might not have good eye sight (or who enjoy having travel videos on in the background while doing house chores). And in many ways his videos reflect the essence of what makes a Great American Road trip - taking the time to visit all the weird stuff along the nation's highways.

If what he does it not your thing, just don't watch him, but if you enjoy roadside oddities, this is a great channel to find all the attractions in U.S. small towns, and virtually visit some of the larger amusement parks, too.

@MobileInstinct is a successful channel focusing on abandoned places, typically out in the wilderness. He films both in the U.S. and abroad.

Like some other U.S. travel vloggers he get a good amount of clicks via his focus on the macabre, crime scenes, disasters, and the like. And yes, this can be quite depressing - among his videos you will find numerous mini-documentaries about the most gruesome crimes and accidents in U.S. history.

All that said - a lot of the locations he visits are truly unique. You find a lot of stuff here you won't find on other U.S. travel vlogging channels. Some of the abandoned places are truly breathtaking.

In fact, I haven't been able to put some of his best videos on the map below, as he keeps exact locations often a bit hush-hush, and Google won't turn up anything either... that's how unique and out-of-the-way the places in his videos are!

So enjoy his content - and appreciate that we have a vlogger here who still manages to bring us unique content and places, even in well-traveled-and-documented America, with great narration and fascinating footage.

@DazewithJordantheLion is a fun, likeable guy who vlogs about a lot of U.S. places; many of them tourist attractions, grave sites, filming locations, historical homes, and the like.

He is one of the best narrators among the U.S. travel vloggers. His camera might be trained on a single grave stone for ten minutes while he recounts the person's life, but he still manages to make it interesting.

Jordan originally moved to L.A. to become an actor, and it shows that he has connections to the film industry (occasionally he weaves into his commentary how he met various celebrities in person). Usually I'm not a fan of long video intros, but the animation and music that start his videos are really catchy and set the mood perfectly.

If you enjoy movies, filming locations, and celebrities (past and current) I recommend you check out his channel.

@AdventuresofAplusK is a fun couple traveling the U.S. and the world - often (domenstically) in a sprinter van.

They document some of the more remote state parks and locations that other U.S. travel vloggers don't tend to feature - just because those places are so much out of the way from other attractions, and/or don't feature easy accomodations through popular hotel chains.

This is the perfect YouTube channel if you like traveling not just in the U.S., but abroad, and particularly enjoy footage of nature and state parks.

Their videos tend to be concise and well-edited. They keep their viewers' attention by dedicating no more than a few minutes max on each location, restaurant visit, museum, etc.

Watch their videos if you want to become inspired to visit some of the great U.S. state parks, go hiking, and find places to take in fantastic landscapes! And learn where to then go for some good food or a city stroll afterwards.

@grimmlifecollective is a channel that combines many elements of other successful U.S. travel vlog channels, with a macabre slant geared towards the goth subculture (or at least the more "mainstream" parts of it).

Do you enjoy visiting grave sites, haunts, dark rides at theme parks, places where famous people died, filming locations of horror movies, and horror movies in general? Then this channel is for you. It exploded on the scene, clearly filling the void for people who wish every day was Halloween.

Some of the locations are well-worn, already covered by many other vloggers (such as the ubiquitous grave markers/ filming location videos), but the Grimm Life Collective gives them their unique spin. Michael's narration is great (Jessica is heard less often). He is easy to listen to even if you're not into the whole goth thing. Nothing of this feels brooding and downtrodden; in spite of the subject matter, many videos are quite upbeat and high energy.

Plus, they succeeded within the span of just a few short months to build an amazing community. Fans get together for virtual horror movie nights and the like.

Yes, it's not truly "goth" by many people's standards. It all feels a bit more outward than inward, with Disney and Universal Studios theme park visits around Halloween, shopping trips for garish "Made in China" Halloween merchandise, etc. But that in itself can be interesting - how capitalism has infiltrated every corner of our society, even groups of people who try to set themselves apart from the mainstream.

In the end, they are a very cool and likeable couple, putting in the miles to take their viewers to many different states and explore hundreds of locations. So check out their channel... you might enjoy it a lot, even if black is not your favorite color!

@Wonderhussy is a great channel, with an extraordinary, freespirited woman documenting the U.S. West, especially desolate places around Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, etc. She lives on the edge of Death Valley and has been vlogging for many years.

Her specialities are: out-of-the-way cabins and hot springs; alternative culture (think Burning Man-type events), the history of the Old West (railroads, mining etc.), camping, and rambling narration sprinkled with a good amount of humor.

Oh and bikini photo shoots, or in general tasteful shots showing off her physical assets. Which (even as a straight woman) I actually don't mind. It doesn't feel out of place, given that much of her content revolves around hot springs and waterfalls, and it makes me feel like I'm right there with her, enjoying the warm water on a cool desert night, looking up at the stars... without having to drive through hours of no-man's land, or climb steep rocky hillsides to get there. "Youtube traveling" at its best!

I also find her pleasant to listen to, even though she might not be everyone's cup of tea. (Her voice has that "sing-songy" tone.) She shares a ton of her life, so after a while, you feel like you almost know her personally - an essential ingredient that makes you come back to a channel again and again, catching her latest life updates.

Few U.S. travel vloggers routinely cover the huge deserts in the West, so Wonderhussy is a delightful and necessary addition, showing us the awesome landscapes and natural attractions along the roads less traveled.