Santa Claus is an uninhabited desert town in Mohave County

Mohave County, Arizona

Mohave County is located in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2010 census, its population was 200,186, an increase of 45,154 people since the 2000 census count of 155,032. The county seat is Kingman...

, Arizona

Arizona

Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. Originating in 1937, Santa Claus lies approximately 14 miles (22.5 km) northwest of Kingman

Kingman, Arizona

Kingman is located in a desert climate on the edge of the Mojave Desert, but its higher elevation and location between the Colorado Plateau and the Lower Colorado River Valley tempers summer high temperatures and contributes to winter cold and rare snowfall. Summer daytime highs reach above 90 °F ...

, Arizona, along U.S. Route 93

U.S. Route 93 in Arizona

In the U.S. state of Arizona, U.S. Route 93 is a U.S. Highway that begins in Wickenburg and heads north to the Nevada border at the Mike O'Callaghan – Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge....

 between mile markers 57 and 58, immediately north of Hermit Drive and just south of both Grasshopper Junction

Grasshopper Junction, Arizona

Grasshopper Junction is a rural area in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. Lying four miles west of the town of Chloride, Grasshopper Junction provides access to a lone surviving mining camp along County Road 125...

, Arizona, and the Junk Art of Chloride, a group of metal statues in Chloride

Chloride, Arizona

Chloride is a onetime silver mining camp in Mohave County, Arizona, and is considered the oldest continuously inhabited mining town in the state. Chloride has a ZIP Code of 86431; in 2000, the population of the 86431 ZCTA was 352.- History :...

, Arizona, that include a flamingo

Flamingo

Flamingos or flamingoes are gregarious wading birds in the genus Phoenicopterus , the only genus in the family Phoenicopteridae...

 made out of a motorcycle gas tank. Characterized in 1988 as "a little roadside place on the west shoulder of U.S.