Set amongst towering red rock monoliths two thousand feet below the Colorado Plateau’s Mongolian Rim in Northern Arizona, Sedona is a magnificent place that has become increasingly popular only in the last few decades. The natural splendor of what nature has created here is spellbinding.

Multi-hued stone formations jut upwards from the high desert floor creating a vivid, mesmerizing setting that changes hourly with the light. When USA Weekend compiled their Most Beautiful Places in America list, Sedona claimed the top spot. Surrounded by 1.8 million acres of national forest land, visitors have instant access to recreational activities. Trails for hiking and biking, along with bouncy jeep tracks, weave among the bristling forest of pinnacles, spires, buttes and domes.