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You’ll often find them along trails or roadsides. Cairns are basically stacked rocks. They probably have  a meaning but not necessarily. For sure, they’re fun to stumble upon in unexpected places and most of them are just plain beautiful to look at.

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These stacked rocks were found along the shore of the Virgin River.