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Avoiding Regret

Sandi Hemmerlein, Atlas Obscura Los Angeles Field Agent 2013-2019 http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/sandi-hemmerlein-avoiding-regret Writer, Photographer, Traveler, Romantic, Naturalist, Urbanist. Brunette living in a blonde city. Specialties include incredible ruins, beautiful decay, disaster sites, cemeteries, ghost towns, fascinating fauna, outsider art, architecture, natural wonders, movie palaces, stained glass, factory tours, and the creepy and macabre - Two-time ScareLA panelist & Midsummer Scream panel producer / moderator - Contributing writer for KCET, Discover Los Angeles - Current member of The Los Angeles Breakfast Club, Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation, Friends of Rockhaven (lifetime), Historical Society of Crescenta Valley, Rim of the World Historical Society - Former Los Angeles City Historical Society Board Member, Events Committee & Social Media Chair - Former member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, LA Conservancy, Art Deco Society, San Fernando Valley Historical Society Twitter/IG @avoidingregret

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Los Angeles, California

Galco's Soda Pop Stop

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

stanestane

Added by stanestane

Queens, New York

Flushing Meadows-Corona Park

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Rebekah Otto

Added by Rebekah Otto

Tombstone, Arizona

The Bird Cage Theater

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

San Jose, California

Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

New York, New York

The High Line

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Avalon, California

Wrigley Memorial and Botanical Garden

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

Added by Jeremias

Old Havana Perfume Museum

This communist country can still appreciate its fragrant past.

Dylan

San Luis Obispo, California

Madonna Inn

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

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Added by tralfamadore

San Diego, California

Lucha Libre Taco Shop

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

New York, New York

The Peace Fountain at Cathedral of St. John the Divine

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

Added by Delireus

San Francisco, California

Musée Mécanique

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Added by mbison

San Jose, California

The Winchester Mystery House

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Added by mbison