This list has been updated as of 11/5/2019.
Take a [visual] world tour 🌎
On record, the quickest trip around the world (on a commercial flight) was completed in 52 hours + 34 minutes. Here in Lakeland, we can make that journey right in our own backyard.
It’s no secret that Lakeland is an actual mecca for artists. 🎨 Corner-to-corner, you can find eye-widening sculptures, statues + murals alike (paired with a low cost-of-living 👌). But did you also know that many of our city’s walls are rich with history and community ties all around the world?
Today, we’re talking murals.
So grab your suitcase + passport (kidding, really you just need some good sunscreen + walking shoes), and prepare for an around-the-world journey all in one day.
Lakeland Postcard 📍 at 950 E. Main St.
Want to show off your hometown pride? Send some love from Lakeland in front of this postcard inspired mural.
Angel Selfie Wall |📍alley west of FL Ave. | Behind Born & Bread Bakehouse + Patriot Coffee | Aaron M Corbitt
Snap a pic at Dixieland’s Angel Selfie Wall + find yourself in good company with Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel angels in Vatican City. Created to give you your most angelic-version yet, (Snapchat filters need not apply) this wall may be a contender for the most Instagrammed locations in the city.
Egyptian Mural with Pyramids And The Sphinx |📍Hookah Palace | 122 S. Kentucky Ave. | Demolli Art Studio
Don’t be in denial when you could be on The Nile. 🐫 Get lost in the rich colors and history of the egyptian scene that takes place inside of Lakeland’s first ever hookah bar.
L’Hermione |📍wall behind the Mahoney Group near Polk Pkwy. | 3825 Florida Ave. S. #5 | Tim Haas
Oui’(we) absolutely love this mural of the French frigate, L’Hermione. The Mahoney Group added it to their building to represent ties to the French-American Business Council of West Florida. 🗽
Molly McHugh’s Ireland |📍Molly McHugh’s | 111 S. Kentucky Ave. | Harmony Miller
Down on your luck? 🍀 Stop into one of Lakeland’s favorite pubs for a pint. 🍻 The mural map of Ireland will make you wish you were Irish too.
Mural of Lake Mirror |📍Palace Pizza | Demolli Art Studio
At the end of the day, our girl Dorothy had it right: there’s really no place like home. 👠👠 Lakeland is featured in all her majestic glory outside the walls of Palace Pizza.
But that’s not all folks. Below are several more murals found in our area.
Greetings from Lakeland 📍 at 505 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
Made in Lakeland 📍 at 1035 S Florida Ave.
Welcome to Lakeland 📍 at 110 W. Highland St.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4TiAbaHk0G/
Mass Market Wall 📍 at 822 N. Massachusetts Ave.
Vintage Factory 📍 at 1020 W. Pipkin Rd.
Pink Piano 📍 at Molly McHugh’s, 111 S. Kentucky Ave.
Pink piano mural by Harmony Miller | Photo by @thelaltoday
Downtown Diner 📍 at 126 W. Main St.
Taco Bell 📍 at 5090 Dave Robbins Way
Gaines Jewelers 📍 at 112 S. Tennessee Ave.
Flights of Fantasy 📍by Southside Cleaners, 901 Florida Ave. S.
“Flights of Fancy” by Lakeland renowned artist Tim Haas | Photo by @lkldced
Born and Bread 📍 at 1113 S. Florida Ave.
Bubbles | Gandy Pool | 📍 404 Imperial Blvd. | Tim Haas
Now that you’re officially a seasoned globetrotter, we want to know where your favorite Lakeland murals reside. (van)Gogh tag #LALtoday in your Instagram shots. We know you’ll want to document these public works of art.
In any case, we’ll always have Paris Lakeland.
