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 === Rocks ===
-todo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegra_(Mada%27in_Salih)
+==== Famous U.S. rocks ====
-[[File:Qasr al Farid.JPG|thumb|Qaṣr Al-Farīd (Arabic: قَصْر ٱلْفَرِيْد), meaning ‘the Lonely Castle’ is largest tomb at the archaeological site]]
-==== Famous rocks ====
 * '''Devil's Tower'''
 ** a butte formation in Wyoming that abruptly juts out of the landscape 1,267 ft high
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 File:The Three Sisters islets, DC.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The Three Sisters islets, DC (wiki)
 </gallery>
+=== Famous rocks around the world ===
+[[File:Qasr al Farid.JPG|thumb|Qaṣr Al-Farīd (Arabic: قَصْر ٱلْفَرِيْد), meaning ‘the Lonely Castle’ is largest tomb at the archaeological site]]
+* Qaṣr Al-Farīd
+** basalt rocks in northwestern Saudi Arabia that are exposed as large outcrops due to erosion around them
+** this one was turned into a temple by the Nabataeans
+*** = same people who built the fabulous ancient city of Petra, in which many structures were carved into and out of canyon walls
+** see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegra_(Mada%27in_Salih)
 ==== Glacial erratic rocks ====