Chasing Rainbows in Southern California

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Although you won't find any gold at the end of these rainbows, you will find great photo spots to celebrate pride for the 'Gram! That's just as good, right? 🌈🌈🌈 📸

Venice Pride Flag Lifeguard Tower

998 Ocean Front Walk, Venice, CA

Saves: 82

Check-ins: 63

Painted in six colors bands of bright colors this lifeguard tower is easily spotted on the ecru sands of Venice Beach. It was originally meant as a very temporary makeover as the tower was scheduled to be pa...

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Crochet Rainbow Mural

8050 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Saves: 108

Check-ins: 49

Artist London Kaye decided to go a very unique route with her mural. Instead of using paint she adorned this Melrose Avenue wall with a rainbow made entirely of yarn and crocheted with her own hands. The mur...

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The Sony Rainbow

Grant Avenue, Culver City, CA

Saves: 456

Check-ins: 69

If some Culver City residents didn't know that the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz was filmed in Culver City, they will now. This massive, 94-foot high steel rainbow stretches proudly above Sony Pictures Enter...

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La Mesa Rainbow Stairs

7314 Stanford Ave, La Mesa, CA

Saves: 157

Check-ins: 28

Just a mile and a half away from La Mesa's Secret Stairs is another staircase, each riser painted a bright hue. This project was completed in 2018 by artist Magdalena Noriega. The bottom begins at Yale and S...

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Chromatic Gate

E Cabrillo Blvd, Santa Barbara, CA

Saves: 193

Check-ins: 85

Cabrillo Blvd. in Santa Barbara is an ocean-view street known for its arts and crafts fair on Sundays. What better place to commemorate these artists? Herbert Bayer's giant rainbow arch design is showcased w...

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Rancho De Colores

65538 Twentynine Palms Hwy, Joshu...

65538 Twentynine Palms Hwy, Joshua Tree, CA

Saves: 118

Check-ins: 34

This desert retreat is a rainbow splash of color against the tawny sand. Hosted by writer, filmmaker, and artist, Patrick, this property has a 3-bedroom house, an art studio, and an outdoor "cowboy pool" (a ...

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Artist's Palette

Artist's Palette Dr, Death Valley...

Artist's Palette Dr, Death Valley National Park, CA

Saves: 93

Check-ins: 28

The focal point of Artist's Drive, this colorful spot in the 3.50-million-acre Death Valley National Park gets its vibrant hues from a mixture of oxidized metal in the soil. Continued chemical weathering and...

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Dripping Paint Wall

950 S Raymond Ave, Pasadena, CA

Saves: 790

Check-ins: 67

A rainbow of colors seems to be cascading down the wall ending in a puddle on the ground. This is the wall mural that depicts an accident gone right - the loveliest mistake that could happen with cans of liq...

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Topiaries by Christie Beniston

103 N Catalina Ave, Pasadena, CA

Saves: 109

Check-ins: 51

Originally named "Palm Desert Topiaries" when they were a part of the city's rotating collection, this colorful set of stacked geometric shapes are a rainbow-hued mirage in the middle of their new home in Pa...

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Sawdust Art Festival

935 Laguna Canyon Rd, Laguna Beac...

935 Laguna Canyon Rd, Laguna Beach, CA

Saves: 331

Check-ins: 50

In the affluent seaside village of Laguna Beach an art festival is held for about nine weeks every summer. Just about every type of handcrafted art imaginable is displayed here from glasswork to photography....

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Sleeping Tiger Mural

2906 Carlsbad Blvd, Carlsbad, CA

Saves: 246

Check-ins: 85

In 2016, the Witch Creek Winery made space for a gourmet coffee bar. Owner Mayur Pavagadhi named his new cafe for Michael Summers' 2013 multi-hued mural of the tiger duo painted on the wall outside. While th...

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Favorite Color Wall

7596 Eads Ave, La Jolla, CA

Saves: 367

Check-ins: 51

Characterized by geometrically perfect square swatches of color you are sure to find your favorite color somewhere in this mural. The brightly-hued multi-colored wall was painted by Roy McMakin and is sublim...

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Long Beach Pride Lifeguard Tower

Bluff Pl, Long Beach, CA

Saves: 32

Check-ins: 33

A few months after the original rainbow-painted lifeguard tower went up in flames under mysterious circumstances, the city of Long Beach just unveiled its replacement. Painted by the same lifeguards who did ...

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Chasing Rainbows in Southern California

Venice Pride Flag Lifeguard Tower

Crochet Rainbow Mural

The Sony Rainbow

La Mesa Rainbow Stairs

Chromatic Gate

Rancho De Colores

Artist's Palette

Dripping Paint Wall

Topiaries by Christie Beniston

Sawdust Art Festival

Sleeping Tiger Mural

Favorite Color Wall

Long Beach Pride Lifeguard Tower

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