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803.  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. |
804.  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"
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<b>Single photo Waymarks submitted before Oct. 01-2009 will be grandfathered.</b>
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806.  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> |
807.  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. |
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809.  Best Kept Secrets
by: Wow Waymarkers Do you know of some place in your town or neighborhood that is unknown to most of the locals and that you would like to share with the waymarking community? A place with a great view, an interesting artifact, or the location of some event that is of interest to the general public. We want the visitors to exclaim, "Wow! I didn't know this was here." |
810.  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. |
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814.  Afghanistan-Iraq War Memorials
by: Grateful Americans This category's purpose is to waymark memorials dedicated to those men and women who served/perished in the Afghanistan-Iraq War theater in the war against terrorism. (Desert Storm is not part of this war) We as Citizens of the free world should always hold dear the honor of those who serve our nations and this great cause. There are just a few of these memorials at present, but in the future there will be many, and this category is a fitting honor by waymarkers to their sacrifice. |
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816.  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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818.  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. |
819.  Elevated Buildings
by: Above the Ground Elevated buildings are those which, for myriad reasons, were constructed with the desire that they not be in contact with Terra Firma. They may occur in various forms, the predominant one being that of a relatively small building elevated well above the earth by posts or columns. These may be elevated caches, granaries or warehouses constructed for storage of food or supplies, fishing huts, bird watching or hunting blinds, or fire lookout towers. |
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821.  Hostels
by: Hostellers Hostels are - in short - community-style accommodations for travel on the cheap. |
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824.  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. |
825.  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. |