Venice Beach's Best Photo Spots

Muralist Rip Cronk painted this giant mural of the Doors' singer. Jim Morrison, who is a more fable than reality due to his untimely death, is captured perfectly on this alley wall, down to his slouchy come-...

Get your fortune told for $5, peruse handicrafts made by street artisans, finally commit to that tattoo you've been talking about, glimpse the dudes pumping iron at Muscle Beach, people watch to your heart's...

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...

This handful of short canals are what remain of a much grander system of canals once part of the "Venice of America" tourist resort built by Abbot Kinney in 1905. Still, the canals and walkways offer a lovel...

The colorful sign in big, block, capital letters hangs across Pacific and Windward Avenues in the midst of this busy beach town. Lots of visitors like to take selfies with the sign "suspended" over their hea...

Love it or hate it, artist Jonathan Borofsky's Ballerina Clown scupture has become an iconic fixture in Venice. Some locals find this crazy (and creepy) study in contrast to be a perfect representation of th...

Over sixteen years in the making, Cheri Pann and Gonzalo Duran's Mosaic Tile House in Venice is a multicolored, multi-media folk art masterpiece. Apart from ceramic and glass tiles, all manner of found objec...

A tribute to Abbot Kinney--the visionary who made good on his dream of bringing the glory of Venice to the California coast.

Though the original Muscle Beach is in Santa Monica, Venice Muscle Beach has been a world-renowned bodybuilding mecca since 1951. Hardbody admirers, don't be ashamed to steal a glimpse at the hunks pumping i...

This Austrian-born bodybuilder needs no introduction, but many young'uns might not recognize his visage. The realistic full-body portrait of "The Governator" by artist Jonas Never is taken from his winning p...

It's only fitting that the birthplace of modern skateboarding should have a kickass skate park--and indeed it does. A full 16,000 sq feet, this park's got two bowls, a snake run, plus a street section with s...

An inspired idea in urban planning, Venice's three, parallel walk streets are quiet, pedestrian-only public walkways (in a residential area) that run Southwest-Northeast from Shell Ave. to Lincoln Blvd. Take...

What was once a junkie slum house is now a magnificent artists' den inhabited by all manner of creative types. Sculptures of gargoyles, pagan deities, and the like grace the exterior in order keep the bad ju...

One might say it's a shame that Frank Gehry's original design has been overshadowed by the whimsical, massive binoculars added later to serve as the façade for the building's parking entrance. But if you're ...