Michelle L. Jensen
Joined Atlas Obscura in 2026
Michelle L. Jensen is a 30-something blogger and solo female traveler with a love of pop culture, especially the real places behind her favorite films, TV shows, and books. With 20 years of travel under her belt, she's spent the past 13 years blogging on Travel HerStory, sharing itineraries, safety tips, and travel guides grounded in firsthand experience and 14 years of work in Hollywood. She's visited 38 countries — 26 of them solo and freelance writes for AAA and GetYourGuide. Her travel expertise has been featured in Travel + Leisure, Yahoo! Travel, The Washington Post, Yahoo! Travel, and other major publications. She's also written an action-adventure novel inspired in part by her adventures.
