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Roller Coasters by: Roller Coasters An amusement park ride on tracks. Usually chain assisted or a thrust lift to a summit and then gravity driven along a circuitous track. |
State/Provincial Parks by: State Recreation This category is for marking state or provincial parks (or the equivalent in your neck of the woods) and listing the activities that the park is good for - hiking, camping, fishing, bird watching, etc. |
Impact Craters by: Impact Crater Managers Impact craters are caused by a violent impact of a meteorite with the surface of the Earth. This category was created to find those impacts and educate the visitor about the subject. |
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Labyrinths by: Labyrinths A labyrinth has one route to the center and back out. They are often used for their spiritual and therapeutic qualities and can often be found at churches and hospitals. |
London Coal Tax Posts by: London Coal Tax Posts Managers Coal tax posts are iron posts or granite obelisks that were erected after 1861 to mark the boundary of London (England) for taxation purposes. They form a ring around the city at about 15 miles/20km radius. About 200 are still in existence.
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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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Truck Stops by: Truck Stop Managers This category is to log all truck stops. Any country, any state, any size. Any place a big rig stops for fuel, food or to get some rest should be logged here. When you log a waymark it asks you what country and state/province it is in so that should work for location but you should put what highways it covers. |
Pyramids by: Pyramid Minders Waymarks in this category mark the coordinates for pyramids, or buildings that have pyramid elements in them. |
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Master Architects - International Style by: Master Architects - International Style The term “International Style” refers to the buildings of the early years of the modern movement, typically considered to be from the 1920’s until WWII. This category is for waymarking the work of the following group of architects considered to be masters of the style: Aalto, Mies Van der Rohe, Gropius, Le Corbusier, Kahn, Johnson, Neutra, and Niemeyer, Becket, Lescaze, Villaneuva, Peutz, Rapson, Rietveld, and Schindler. |
Horse Racing Tracks by: The Sport of Kings Horse racing has been going on for thousands of years. From the time man first domesticated horses, people have raced horses in some manner. This category exists to waymark horse racing venues that host one of the following forms of the sport: Thoroughbred Racing, Harness Racing, Quarter Horse Racing, Point to Point Racing, and Steeplechase/Jump/National Hunt Racing. |
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Newstands / Newsagencies by: Newsstands This category covers establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals. A newsagent (British English), newsagency (Australian English) or newsstand (American English), is a small type of business that sells newspapers, magazines, stationery, snacks, and often items of local interest such as postcards, or clothing emblazoned with sports team mascots. |
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Bartram Trail Historical Markers by: Bartram Trailers William Bartram (1739-1823), an American naturalist and explorer was commissioned to explore the southeastern colonies and to collect and preserve unique specimens of plants. He was to ship the plants to England along with drawings of some of the plants and animals that he discovered. Bartram Trail Historical Markers have been erected to mark important places that William Bartram visited as he traveled through eight southern states. |
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Alabama Historical Markers by: Alabama History Buffs Roadside historic markers are our windows to the past. They educate us, they make us curious to investigate, or they provide a nice excuse to take a break and stretch our legs while we read what happened here. This category is for those markers found in the state of Alabama. |
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Homesteads by: HOMESTEADS Our Founding Fathers carved out this Nation, we are here to mark those Old Home sites where they once lived. |
Dollar Stores by: Cheapskates R Us The aim of this category is to document the locations of "Dollar" stores -- stores where all items sold are priced UP TO AND INCLUDING ONE DOLLAR.(up to two dollars in Canada). |
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