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Ghosts of Route 66: Desert, Diesels, Dinosaurs, and Delgadillo's Dead Chicken

I've made hundreds of photographs of deserted gas stations, tourist traps, truck stops, motels, and concrete dinosaurs from the New Mexico border to Seligman, Arizona. The following is a selection of my personal favorites, photographs that express all that is wonderous and mythical about the I-40 corridor--the successor to US 66--across the American Southwest.
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Pontiac hood ornament, Wigwam Village, Holbrook, AZ.
Pontiac hood ornament, Wigwam Village, Holbrook, AZ.		 Sleep in a Wigwam, Holbrook, AZ.
Sleep in a Wigwam, Holbrook, AZ.		 Wigwams, Holbrook, AZ.
Wigwams, Holbrook, AZ.		 Wigwams, Holbrook, AZ.
Wigwams, Holbrook, AZ.
Wigwam, Holbrook, AZ.
Wigwam, Holbrook, AZ.		 Entrance to a Wigwam, Holbrook, AZ.
Entrance to a Wigwam, Holbrook, AZ.		 Buick Special hood ornament, Holbrook, AZ.
Buick Special hood ornament, Holbrook, AZ.		 Studebaker, Holbrook, AZ.
Studebaker, Holbrook, AZ.
Buick, Holbrook, AZ.
Buick, Holbrook, AZ.		 VW Beetle camper, Holbrook, AZ.
VW Beetle "camper," Holbrook, AZ.		 Abandoned motel, Holbrook, AZ.
Abandoned motel, Holbrook, AZ.		 Abandoned motel, Holbrook, AZ.
Abandoned motel, Holbrook, AZ.
Neon sign, Holbrook, AZ.
Neon sign, Holbrook, AZ.		 The Plainsman Cafe, Holbrook, AZ.
The Plainsman Cafe, Holbrook, AZ.		 Rock shop, Holbrook, AZ.
Rock shop, Holbrook, AZ.		 Concrete dinosaurs, Holbrook, AZ.
Concrete dinosaurs, Holbrook, AZ.
Rock shop dinosaurs, Holbrook, AZ.
Rock shop dinosaurs, Holbrook, AZ.		 Rock shop dinosaurs, Holbrook, AZ.
Rock shop dinosaurs, Holbrook, AZ.		 Joe and Aggie's Cafe, Holbrook, AZ.
Joe and Aggie's Cafe, Holbrook, AZ.		 No Animal Walking, Holbrook, AZ.
No Animal Walking, Holbrook, AZ.
Dinosaurs, Holbrook, AZ.
Dinosaurs, Holbrook, AZ.		 Dinosaurs, Holbrook, AZ.
Dinosaurs, Holbrook, AZ.		 Dinosaur, Holbrook, AZ.
Dinosaur, Holbrook, AZ.		 Tourist photo opportunity, Holbrook, AZ.
Tourist photo opportunity, Holbrook, AZ.
Geodes for sale, Holbrook, AZ.
Geodes for sale, Holbrook, AZ.		 Dinosaur outside Holbrook, AZ.
Dinosaur outside Holbrook, AZ.		 Sign at a truckstop, in the Painted Desert.
Sign at a truckstop, in the Painted Desert.		 Truckstop dinosaurs, Painted Desert.
Truckstop dinosaurs, Painted Desert.
Kenworth idling at a truckstop, Painted Desert.
Kenworth idling at a truckstop, Painted Desert.		 Tourist attraction, Painted Desert.
Tourist attraction, Painted Desert.		 Sign east of Holbrook.
Sign east of Holbrook.		 Sign east of Holbrook.
Sign east of Holbrook.
Painted Desert Indian Center.
Painted Desert Indian Center.		 Mailboxes on an access road just off I-40.
Mailboxes on an access road just off I-40.		 Sign for Indian Art.
Sign for "Indian Art".		 Fossils for sale, Stewart's, east of Holbrook.
Fossils for sale, Stewart's, east of Holbrook.
Mannequin with ostrich egg, east of Holbrook.
Mannequin with ostrich egg, east of Holbrook.		 Moving dinosaur sign at Stewart's, east of Holbrook.
Moving dinosaur sign at Stewart's, east of Holbrook.		 Mannequins and ostrich ranch, east of Holbrook.
Mannequins and ostrich ranch, east of Holbrook.		 Tiger at Stewart's, east of Holbrook.
Tiger at Stewart's, east of Holbrook.
Stewart's Petrified Wood, east of Holbrook.
Stewart's Petrified Wood, east of Holbrook.		 Giant jackrabbit, at Here It Is curio shop, west of Holbrook.
Giant jackrabbit, at "Here It Is" curio shop, west of Holbrook.		 Iconic sign for Here It Is curio shop, west of Holbrook.
Iconic sign for "Here It Is" curio shop, west of Holbrook.		 Objects at a curio store, west of Holbrook.
Objects at a curio store, west of Holbrook.
Abandoned cars near meteor crater, west of Holbrook.
Abandoned cars near meteor crater, west of Holbrook.		 Brick wall with window looking north across the desert, west of Holbrook.
Brick wall with window looking north across the desert, west of Holbrook.		 Meteor crater, west of Holbrook.
Meteor crater, west of Holbrook.		 Giant crater from a meteor, west of Holbrook.
Giant crater from a meteor, west of Holbrook.
Former tourist attraction featuring mountain lions, east of Flagstaff.
Former tourist attraction featuring mountain lions, east of Flagstaff.		 Abandoned couch, east of Flagstaff.
Abandoned couch, east of Flagstaff.		 Abandoned gas pumps, east of Flagstaff.
Abandoned gas pumps, east of Flagstaff.		 Glove on pavement, east of Flagstaff.
Glove on pavement, east of Flagstaff.
Abandoned cafe at Twin Arrows, east of Flagstaff.
Abandoned cafe at Twin Arrows, east of Flagstaff.		 Cafe interior, Twin Arrows.
Cafe interior, Twin Arrows.		 Top of a giant arrow sign, Twin Arrows.
Top of a giant arrow sign, Twin Arrows.		 Sign at Twin Arrows, east of Flagstaff.
Sign at Twin Arrows, east of Flagstaff.
Bull outside a steak house, west of Flagstaff.
Bull outside a steak house, west of Flagstaff.		 Mannequins on Main Street, Seligman, AZ.
Mannequins on Main Street, Seligman, AZ.		 Mannequin, Seligman.
Mannequin, Seligman.		 Two mannequins, Seligman.
Two mannequins, Seligman.
Pirate mannequin, Seligman.
Pirate mannequin, Seligman.		 Mannequins fixing an old car, Seligman.
Mannequins fixing an old car, Seligman.		 Delgadillo's Sno Cap Drive-in, Seligman.
Delgadillo's Sno Cap Drive-in, Seligman.		 Chairs at Delgadillo's, Seligman.
Chairs at Delgadillo's, Seligman.
Facade of Delgadillo's, Seligman.
Facade of Delgadillo's, Seligman.		 Delgadillo's, featuring cheeseburgers with cheese and Dead Chicken, Seligman.
Delgadillo's, featuring "cheeseburgers with cheese" and "Dead Chicken," Seligman.		 Barber shop, Seligman.
Barber shop, Seligman.		 Mannequins on Main Street, Seligman.
Mannequins on Main Street, Seligman.
Eastbound container train passing under old US 66, east of Seligman.
Eastbound container train passing under old US 66, east of Seligman.		 Take Pictures Now billboard at Stewart's, east of Holbrook.
"Take Pictures Now" billboard at Stewart's, east of Holbrook.
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Marie 05-Jul-2012 20:28
I'm about to take my third trip to Los Angeles from NC, and as a photographer and traveler I must say that I greatly appreciated these pictures. Such inspiration for pit stops to make along the way! I hope that my adventure will be as exciting as yours.
Dan Greenberg23-Mar-2010 03:30
Great images and wonderful variety, An excellent treatise on Route 66. ~V~
Margaret Brett-Kearns 03-Aug-2009 16:47
It seems like once again you had a marvelous time driving around and looking intentionally. Thank you for sharing.
Guest 02-Aug-2009 13:57
Super photos of a well patina’d west. I always enjoy your perspective on our world.

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Barry Rosenberg30-Jul-2009 03:14
great documentary of Americana
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