Submissions: Create a Local's Guide to Your City

With summer in full swing and tourists on the move, we asked you to create a guide to your city to highlight the special places out-of-towners often miss. We've received submissions from all over the world full of hidden gems and local favorites.

Berkeley, California

By Heather Diane Hardison

Heather Diane Hardison is a freelance illustrator and sign painter based out of Berkeley.

Lansing, Michigan

By Kayte Koskinen

A very hasty sketch of where the locals eat/drink/snack on a regular basis. We also have a few good food trucks that move around: Purple Carrot and Trailer Park'd.

Austin, Texas

By Sam Kapila

Sam Kapila is a designer in south Austin who loves food.

Melbourne, Australia

By Belinda Chen

Asheville, North Carolina

By Adam Johnson 

Asheville, North Carolina is a place many have been but few have really experienced. This guide I created should help navigate your way to a few local spots that will make

New York, New York

By Decho Pitukcharoen

Here is my project to represent some fascinating architecture, restaurants, and places between two sides of The High Line. 

Syracuse, New York

By Danielle Carrick

Growing up in New Jersey, Danielle Carrick often had to defend her beautiful home state against those that formed their impressions from watching Jersey Shore. Her second home, Syra