The little, almost ghost town, of Holbrook is off of the old route 66 in Arizona. We spent the night there in the Wigwams Motel and had fun exploring this old retro town on a cold and windy winter afternoon.
I was surprised, and overjoyed to discover all of the dinosaur statues that are just hanging out around town. They are the perfect addition to a town that looks like it’s straight out of the 1960s.
Many of the dinosaur statues live at the Rainbow Rock Shop and were apparently built by the owners of the shop over the course of 20 years. The other statues once were part of a museum and got relocated to different places in town when the museum closed many years ago.
Holbrook is very close to the Petrified Forest, where many actual fossils and dinosaur bones have been found, so these statues are a reminder of the giant beasts that once roamed these lands.
Holbrook was a fun little town to explore, with all its roadside dinosaurs!
That’s absolutely brilliant. What a wonderful find.
Oh my goodness, aren’t they brilliant! Such a good place to visit and a bit like a treasure hunt to try and find them all!
You come across the most interesting towns! The dinosaurs are bizarre! Is it sort of a deserted town nowadays or still pretty populated?
You truly always find the best places! I would love to take some outfit pictures there 😀
Have a wonderful Christmas time!!!