#12: Antelope Canyon, Arizona, USA
Antelope Canyon is stone shaped by water’s memory. Flash floods carved the narrow sandstone walls into smooth, flowing forms that look more like fabric than rock. When sunlight drops through the openings above, beams cut through the dust and illuminate the canyon in shades of gold, orange, purple, and red. It is one of the great reminders that erosion is not just destruction. Sometimes it has excellent taste.

