In The Dust

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A visit to roadside attractions... and sometimes other curiosities. museumoftheqingxit.com

Old hotel hallway with hard wood floors. Walls and ceiling are bright red paint. Lights hanging from ceiling look like curvy, loopy neon tubes. Whole thing has a creepy shining vibe.
Sun setting just above horizon casts golden rays across sky and foreground.
A trash bin enclosure fence is made of old snow skis.
Old phone booth and phone, ready for calls or quick clothes changes.
Old sign for Pop 'n' Taco fast dood establishment. 3 for $3 tacos or chili dogs advertised.
Mural painted to look like intricate wallpaper patterns, including supposed 'tearoffs' revealing other wallpapers underneath.
Buddy Holly playing guitar.
Peter Sellers as Dr. Strangelove.
Mural of skateboarders doing tricks.
Sculpture depicts a cargo container sinking into the ground.
Old wine press stands in corner of tasting room.
Bridge railing and canopy shadow creates artistic design on sidewalk.
Mural of night scene with wolf like creatures.
Mural of under sea or outer space battle between lizard type creature and nauts.
Stickers and mini murals.
As sun recedes it casts golds, yellows, and pinks on a few clouds above a mountain ridge horizon.
Rusting old sign for a Route 66 Whiting Bros. service station.
Old and worn looking neon sign for Gerard's Pool Hall.
Mural of cartoonish kid painted on ridges of a corrugated shaped wall. As you walk by the mural disappears.
Mural of a man wearing a t-shirt that says "Be a Good Person."
Mural shows a steaming cup of coffee. In and around the cup saucer are coffee beans. The steam above the cup is shaped like a heart.
A comfy leather sofa sits empty against a corner of plaster whitish walls. A tasteful nude drawing hangs on each wall. The sun creates interesting shadows on the left wall.
Framed box on red brick wall is full of different bottle openers, also known as church keys.
A set of diverse stickers afixed to a fridge/cabinet behind a bar.
Pen and ink with color pencil drawing of a spear with stone tip dripping blood above what appears to be a rare t-bone steak.
Pen and ink with color pencil drawing of a giraffe head/face with long tongue sticking out to feed on a cracker.
Pen and ink drawing with color pencil of a delicious looking cupcake sitting in the center of a bear trap.
Pen and ink drawing with color pencil of a large wedge of carrot cake on a plate. A raw carrot spears through the cake slice at an angle from left to right.
Pen and ink drawing of two cocktails on a table corner in the foreground. In the background is a slightly open door. A scythe symbol adorns the door.
Pen and ink drawing of a right hand holding a pair of eye glasses. The left eye piece is colored blue.
A circus elephant with trunk held high stands on a pack of generic cigarettes. It’s Qingxit like this one that always make me wonder what more is going on. There must be more to the story…” S.H.R. 2018 The unrelated elephant (by S.H.R. 2018, pen and ink and pencil on paper)
Building in left foreground. Behind it is an old water tower with word, Belen written on it. Background is a blue sky with some white puffy clouds.
Outside area with picnic tables. Fence between area and building offers mini murals.
Store front window sign is a happy face. On a plate two fried eggs are the eyes, a mound of hash browns are the nose, and a slice of bacon is the smiling mouth. Words above and below the face say Durango Diner.
More stickers completely covering up electric utility boxes.
Mural on building depicts astronomical bodies in a black sky. In foreground head and shoulders side view of a woman looking right while a prismatic rainbow emits from her eyes.
Fake traffic sign depicts a bird with a very long beak. The beak has pierced and is holding what appears to be a round, baseball sized piece of fruit.
Stickers covering all available space on utility electric meter boxes.
Sign says "Flying Cow Natural Skincare" with a picture of a flying saucer seemingly 'beaming up' a cow from the ground.
Large mural depicting space ships, space aliens, strange eyes, and a cow.
An historic marker for the town of Notrees, TX.
Tall monument with light on top marks the boundary of two counties and a trail.
A sculpture of a Dr. Suess character holding a pole with a gloved hand at the end of the pole. The gloved hand is balancing a tray of green eggs and ham.
Fake traffic sign depicts a Roman figure and words: Et tu, Brute!
Mural on side of building advertises Sugie's Diner, a young woman smiles from a convertable while holding a to go drink.
A giant robot stands on a patch of green grass in front of parked cars. The robot is smelling a flower held in its right hand.
Sign says Bill Goat Lawn & Design with a goat head logo and phone number.
Burton Performer 'woodie' snowboard mounted on wall.
A small cholla cactus among grasses looks like a stick figure man with arms extended eliciting a hug.
A small cholla cactus among grasses looks like a stick figure man out for a walk.
Colorful sunset of yellows, oranges, reds, purples, and grays. Foreground shows high desert grasses, cedar, and cactus. Above horizon shows distant mountain ridge and cloudful sky.
Giant pair of black rim eye glasses sit next to sign for the Buddy Holly Center.
Two old sky ride cable gondolas, one light blue and the other red, sit on concrete walk area near a park. Both have original benches inside to provide unique seating for the park.
Two murals of colorful alien like creatures.
Foreground of sand dune upon sand dune. Background of mountain ridge and cloudy sky.
Road pavement in the foreground. Beyond is a barbed wire fence, a field of golden wild flowers, and a blue sky with puffy white clouds.
Riff Raff Brewing Co. beer coaster, logo side.
Store front window shows a dog comfortably lying down on a carpeted area. Around the dog are some hanging quilts.
A tiny set of animals tracks in very slightly rippled sand.
Large bird statues, roosters and flamingos stand in front of Sinclair filling station. One rooster has a leg iron fixed to a concrete block.