Chapel of the Holy Cross

With no particular destination in mind we were headed north to Uptown Sedona. I'd been told by a couple of people back home that we must see the Chapel on the hill and that we couldn't miss it. So when we came upon a road sign on our right that said, Chapel Road, it was a bit of a no brainer. Surprisingly, we had passed the Chapel on the hill a couple of times but I was so busy gawking at all there was to see (Bell Rock, Castle Rocks, Cathedral Rock, etc.), I missed it, and ofcourse, Owen has been doing most of the driving, so he missed it to.

Wikipedia says "The Chapel of the Holy Cross is an iconic Catholic chapel built into the mesas of Sedona, Arizona, which was inspired and commissioned by sculptor Marguerite Brunswig Straude, a student of Frank Lloyd Wright". Apparently on a trip to New York City in the early 30s, Marguerite observed that a cross could be seen in the newly constructed Empire State Building when viewed from a certain angle and was inspired to build a church based on that design. She then kept an eye out all over Europe and the US for an ideal location and chose Sedona. The chapel was built in 1956. It really is an architectural wonder and amazingly beautiful. It is built on a twin-pinnachled spur about 250 feet high, jutting out of a huge red rock wall. The construction is quite a feat.

Now that we know where to look, we never miss the amazing sight of The Chapel of the Holy Cross.