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1077. Inline Hockey Rinks by: Puckersmashers Inline hockey is a variation of roller hockey very similar to ice hockey, from which it is derived. The game is played by two teams, consisting of four skaters and one goalie, on a dry rink divided into two halves by a center line, with one net at each end of the rink. |
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1080. Big Brothers Big Sisters by: Big Brothers Big Sisters Big Brothers Big Sisters is a non-profit organization whose mission is to help children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with mentors that have a measurable impact on youths. The organization currently operates in all 50 United States and in 13 other countries around the world, including Australia, Austria, Bermuda, Bulgaria, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, and South Africa. |
1081. Bat Boxes by: Bats in the Belfry Bat Boxes, whether mounted on a building, a tree in the forest, or free standing in a field, are man made structures intended to afford bats the chance to survive and reproduce. |
1082. Martello Towers by: Martello Towers The Irish coastline is dotted with the famous Martello Towers, small round towers with flat roofs.
These towers were designed and built as lookout posts during the Napoleonic Wars. |
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1084. Cable Skiing and Wakeboarding by: Cableways A Cableway is used to practice towed water sports such as Water Ski, Wakeboarding, or others. Instead of being pulled by a boat the user is pulled by a cable suspended above water in a specifically designed pylons. The Cableways can be used either for people with experience or without experience and are extremely fun to ride. |
1085. Time Signals by: The Keepers of Time The purpose and goal of this category is to discover, document, and preserve the memory of "Time Balls", "Time Cannons", and "Time Flaps". These now obsolete devices were used in the 19th and early 20th century as public time markers. |
1086. Rolling Ball Sculpture by: Ball Rollers Rolling Ball Sculptures, also known as Kinetic Sculptures or Gravitram Sculptures, mainly rely on gravity and one motor to move balls around the track in a varying and intricate pattern. Some include audio, water, or time keeping components. |
1087. Bismarck Towers by: Bismarck Towers Bismarck Towers are a unique German monument genre, to honor the ex-chancellor Otto von Bismarck. Approximately 250 of these towers were built between the German unification and the National Socialist takeover, between 1869 and 1934. They were built in various styles, on four continents (Australia, South America, Africa and Europe). Of those 250 about 170 remain.
http://www.bismarcktuerme.de/ |
1088. Entertainment Awards by: Entertainment Awards This category is designed to waymark entertainment industry awards that are on permanent public display. Such installations typically feature special pedestals, lighting, graphics, and so on. |
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1091. Bungee Jump Sites by: HighJumpers A place where adventurers take a leap of faith into the Unknown with nothing but some elastic cord attached.
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1092. Whispering Giant Sculptures by: Whispering to Giants Whispering Giants are a series of public art sculptures depicting Native Americans and Canadian First People by Peter Wolf Toth. He has donated a sculpture to each U.S. state and Canadian Province with a few donated outside North America. |
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1095. Ponce de León by: The Conquistadors This category documents the locations that celebrate the life and achievements of Spanish Conquistador, Juan Ponce de León (1460 – 1521) who was instrumental in the discovery, mapping and colonizing of southern portions of the United States of America, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Hispaniola. |
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1097. Metal Detecting by: Metal Detecting Managers Treasure awaits those armed with a metal detector. Help us gather up all the potential metal detecting sites around the world! If you run out of coin's or artefact listing you can make a new Waymark of that site, to log all your find's. |
1098. Whispering Galleries by: Whispering Among Friends Whispering Galleries are areas in which the ambient architecture is able to broadcast weak sounds relatively great distances and can be heard. These Whispering Galleries can be an acoustical anomaly found in a domed rotunda or arch or they can be deliberately constructed within a science museum. |
1099. Improved Order of Red Men by: Red Men America's oldest fraternal organization, chartered by Congress. The fraternity traces its origins back to 1765 and is descended from the Sons of Liberty. |
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