Most Beautiful Place in America
“Ever since the early days of movies, when Hollywood has wanted to
show the unique beauty of the West, it has gone to Sedona ...
Beginning with The Call of the Canyon in 1923, some hundred movies
and TV shows have been filmed in and around town. We fell under
Sedona's spell, too, and while debating our No. 1 spot kept returning
to it for the same reasons Hollywood does: The area's telegenic
canyons, wind-shaped buttes and dramatic sandstone towers embody the
rugged character of the West--and the central place that character
holds in our national identity. There's a time-lessness about these
ancient rocks that fires the imagination of all who encounter them.
Some 11,000 years before film cameras discovered Sedona, American
Indians settled the area. Homesteaders, artists and, most recently,
New Age spiritualists have followed. Many cultures and agendas
abound, but there's really only one attraction: the sheer, exuberant
beauty of the place. People come for inspiration and renewal, tawny
cliffs rising from the buff desert floor, wind singing through box
canyons, and sunsets that seem to cause the ancient buttes and spires
to glow from within. We hear the canyon's call and cannot resist.”
(Author Unknown, 2003, http://www.usaweekend.com)
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