Perhaps the best piece of advice I can provide which will immediately improve one’s photography and cause it to stand out from the countless other photos on the web, is to act unusual while taking the photos.
If you’re standing upright, pointing your camera at obvious subjects, from obvious perspectives, at obvious times the day, the resulting photographs will be nothing more than…obvious.
Ryan Pendleton has the right idea. If you want to get away from the obvious and stand out. Lay on the ground, take on a different perspective and don't worry about those leering stares you may receive. But most of all have fun.