in all honesty you have not lived until you have come here. everyone knows what this place is and if you don’t… well where have you been?. the grand canyon, is a steep-sided gorge that was magically carved by the colorado river in the united states of arizona. for the most part it is contained within the grand canyon national park which was one of the first in the united states. Legend says that the colorado river created the grand canyon over a long six million year period. believe it or not this is one of the world’s largest attractions, scooping around five million visitors a year.