Active Rail Locations by: Train Spotters A category for waymarking places to watch trains in action. This activity is known as railfanning or trainspotting. Trains can be for work or transport. Including other types of rail guided modes of transportation. |
Preserved Architectural Remnants and Ruins by: Piecekeepers The waymarks in this category document the locations of building or structure remnants that were saved to be put on display after the building or structure was destroyed or removed. Ruins that have been preserved are also recorded here. If "[show additional information]" is visible below, please click it for the full description. |
Moose Lodges and Centers by: Moose on the Loose The Loyal Order of Moose is a fraternal and service organization founded in 1888 with about 2,000 Lodges found in all 50 states in the United States, in four Canadian provinces, as well as in Great Britain and Bermuda. |
Daniel Boone Trail Markers by: Daniel Boone Trail Markers This category is to locate and share those historical markers placed over a 25 year period in an effort to help improve road conditions and memorialize Daniel Boone's trail blazing efforts and to stir the imaginations of civic leaders and school children, raising funds, placing metal tablets on arrowhead shaped monuments, leading the ceremonies and issuing press releases. |
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Breweries by: The brewers A brewery can be a building or place that produces large quantities of beer.
It can also be a business (brewing company) whose trade is the production and sale of its own beer or spirits (liquor).
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Vintage Gas Stations by: Vintage Gas Stations Vintage Gas Stations is looking for any gas station built in the US and Canada prior to 1970. All other countries, an exception may be made to include Vintage Gas Stations prior to 1980. These will be reviewed on a case by case basis. |
Model Railroads by: Model RR Mangers The Model Railroads category is a collection of locations where you can enjoy permanent model layouts. These layouts must be accessible to the public. The category focuses on G scale layouts and smaller. |
Planetariums by: Celestial Navigators A planetarium is a theater built and used for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy, the night sky, and/or celestial navigation. |
Quaker Meeting Houses by: Friends of Friends The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) was founded in England in the 17th century as a Christian religious denomination by people who were dissatisfied with the existing denominations and sects of Christianity. Their "churches" are known as meeting houses. |
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Barns by: Barnyard Waymarkers Barns are large outbuildings found on a farm (or what was once a farm). A peek inside the typical barn might find farm animals and farm equipment, machinery and vehicles, or even hay and grains stored there. Although they may be built of different materials or have a different shape, they can be found throughout the world in both developed and underdeveloped countries alike. |
Cycling Routes by: CyclingNode-maintainers Numbered nodes where Cycling Routes intersect.
The category is meant for all Cycling Routes using any numbered system to identify the different routepoints in the world.
Genummerde Fietsknooppunten waar fietsroutes elkaar kruisen. |
Ranger Stations by: Ranger Stations This category is for locating and Waymarking the Active Ranger Stations World Wide.
Each Country may have a different title for "Ranger Stations".
These are normally places where you can get information from a person or persons for National,State and Local Parks for that location. |
Elevated Everyday Objects by: Pole Workers Ordinarily ground level objects permanently placed up high for commercial or artistic purposes as an eye-catching 3-dimensional sculpture or sign.
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There's a Book About It by: Book Hunters It's bookmarking! The goal is to mark distinct locations that have an entire book written about them. Each mark is for an individual book. |
Thatch Cottages by: The Thatchers Thatched Irish cottages were simple affairs, and while the basic design was the same throughout the country, there were differences on a regional basis. One major regional difference would have been the use of mud walls, rather than stone, in some areas. Strange as it seems, when the mud walls were dried and given several coats of whitewash, and when the thatched roof was allowed to overhang the walls, they remained dry and lasted for many decades. |
Fireworks Displays by: Pyro-Technicians To list dates and locations where people can enjoy a free fireworks display. These are often organized for holidays, special occasions or festivals. Locations that offer fireworks as part of general admission are not eligible for inclusion. |
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D.U.P. Historic Markers by: DUP Marker Group These markers can be found in eleven countries (Canada, Denmark, England, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Norway, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, Wales) and thirteen States (Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)--although the majority of them are located in Utah and Idaho, more markers are constantly being placed. |
Holy Wells by: Holy wells of the British Isles A category of waymarks which will help record and bring to peoples attention these interesting and historic places. There are Holy wells of one sort or another in many countries of the world. |
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