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802.  Sailing and Yacht Clubs 
by:  First Watchers Waymarks in this category mark the coordinates for Sailing and Sailing Yacht clubs with launching facilities for sailboats. It could include clubs that cater to powerboats, but the main purpose must be to promote sailing. |
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804.  Bait Shops
by: MVCA Goes Waymarking Everyone who has ever picked up a fishing pole has at one time or another strolled through a bait shop. Large or small they all have one thing in common, they all sell bait for fishing. In order to qualify for this category your shop must sell bait. |
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806.  Painted Mailboxes
by: Mailbox Graffiti Artists To show off the many hand painted mailboxes that someone has hand decorated with a mural or a painting.
- Not to be confused with the Category of "Themed Homemade Mailboxes"
- (See link in "Long Description" below)
<b>Single photo Waymarks submitted before Oct. 01-2009 will be grandfathered.</b>
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807.  State Park Passport Locations
by: Customs Agents Places where you can obtain collectible stamps, cancellations, or other proof-of-visitation from state, provincial, municipal or non-profit parks or protected areas.
20 States/provinces represented so far: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. |
808.  Paleontology and Fossils
by: Fossil Finders This category is to discover paleontological and fossil locations that are open to the public. Please click on "show additional information" below to see requirements for posting in this category. |
809.  Sphinx Sculptures
by: Sphinx Manager Group <p>Locate a sculpture, building, or anything that resembles the famous Egyptian or Greek figures.<p>
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<p>Must be on public display.<p>
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<p>"A Sphinx is an iconic image of a recumbent lion with a human head, invented by the Egyptians of the Old Kingdom, but a cultural import in archaic Greek mythology, where it received its name (Greek Sf???, "strangler"). The best known is the Great Sphinx of Giza."<p> |
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811.  Military Surplus Stores
by: GSA The waymarks in this category document the locations of stores that sell military surplus goods such as ammo boxes and decon containers. If "[show additional information]" is visible below, please click it to see the full category description and requirements. |
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813.  Shipwrecks
by: Shipwrecks Waymark Commitee A shipwreck is the remains of a ship after it has sunk or been beached as a result of a crisis at sea. Shipwreck also refers to the event that caused the damage, destruction & loss of the ship or boat.
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817.  Hourglass
by: Petit Passe-Temps This category is seeking hourglasses and clepsydras around the world, anywhere they may be found and visited. We will accept physical hourglasses, sculptures of hourglasses, paintings or works of art featuring hourglasses -- anything permanently at a particular location, and on public display. |
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819.  International Space Station Sightings
by: Space Science This is a game that requires two or more players to "catch" the International Space Station as it visibly passes through the night sky across hundreds or thousands of miles in one of its orbits around the globe. |
820.  Winter Sports Locations
by: Winter Sports Group There are many places to ski and a lot of them now allow snowboarding, whether they be small city or resort hills or large mountain resorts with a number of ski clubs. |
821.  Old Spanish Trail Auto Route
by: Old Spanish Trail Blazers This category seeks to waymark the unique pieces of Americana and history that still lie along the Old Spanish Trail Auto Route. It connects the old Spanish colonial towns of St. Augustine, Florida, on the U.S. Atlantic coast and San Diego, California, on the U.S. Pacific Coast. The Old Spanish Trail Auto Route is not to be confused with the 19th century cattle trail of the same name that wound from Santa Fe to Los Angeles. |
822.  Outdoor Interactive Science Displays
by: Blinded by Science We are looking for permanent or seasonal permanent locations where apparatus exists for the public to learn credible scientific principles. The visitor must be able to interact with the apparatus to explore the scientific principle(s)[more than just reading the plaque]. Please click on "show additional information" below to see requirements for posting in this category. |
823.  Signs of Zodiac
by: Zodiac
This category is looking for all representations of the <b>Signs of Zodiac</b> all around the world.<br/>
The Signs of Zodiac are old. They have been used since ancient times.<br/>
This category accepts the western Zodiac (also called Greek, Roman, Tropical, ...) as well as the eastern Zodiac (also called Chinese, Hindu, Sidereal, Earthly Branches, ...). |
824.  Hostels
by: Hostellers Hostels are - in short - community-style accommodations for travel on the cheap. |
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