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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 FB/IG @avoidingregret

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airplane graveyard

How One Pan Am Fan Recreated the Golden Age of Air Travel

It took years of dedication and a few visits to the airplane graveyard.

September 6, 2018

amusement parks

The Uncertain Future of Santa’s Village, An Abandoned 1950s Christmas Park

December 23, 2015

underground week

Plan Your Own Green Death With This Progressive Funeral Parlor

October 19, 2015

ship graveyards

The Ship Wrecked by Wheat Forgotten on the California Shores

society adventures

Inside LA's Puppet-Lover's Paradise of a Stop Motion Animation Studio

Books and Booze: The California Craft of Printing and Craft Beer

society adventures

Hiking the Disturbing Remains of a California Hideout for Hitler

obscura society

A Hike to the Hollywood Sign, a Temporary Landmark That Became an Icon

obscura society

Society Adventures: The Harrowing Remains of a Forgotten California Dam Disaster

January 15, 2014