 Dive Sites 
by:  Dive Sites This category identifies and describes popular recreational scuba diving sites around the world. Whether fresh or salt water, ideal for beginners or requiring advanced certification, these are places where you can get your fins wet.
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 Giant 24 h Vending Machines
by: Secret Shoppers Giant 24 h Vending Machines offer 24-hour access to as many as 200 items, including anything from milk to a six-pack of soda, batteries, iPod download cards, and health and beauty aids, in a freestanding, self-service, outdoor units. |
 Abandoned Cemeteries
by: Gravediggers You walk through the woods and stumble upon a gravestone. One becomes two, two becomes three and before you know it you're standing in the middle of an overgrown, forgotten cemetery.
PLEASE NOTE THE RECENT CLARIFICATIONS TO THE DESCRIPTION, BELOW. 2017/03/23 |
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 Blue Plaques
by: Blue Plaques Group A "blue plaque" is a sign attached to a house where (maybe) someone famous once lived, or placed where a notable event took place, or attached to a building that is remarkable in another way.
Note: Please see additional updates below for some minor adjustment to the Requirements for this Category made on 12/27/2008. |
 Sledding Places
by: Sledding Places Sledding is a common activity in wintry areas. The term refers to traveling down any sort of decline, typically in cold weather on a snowy surface. Help us collect a list of these areas. |
 Immortalized in Lyrics
by: Immortalized in Lyrics Who hasn't passed by a place that made them remember the lyrics to a song?
This is a category for locations which have inspired a person or group of people to pen a famous tune. |
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 Treehouses
by: Treehouses A tree house (also spelled treehouse) is a house that is built among the branches or around the trunk of one or more mature trees and is a least 3m off the ground. An acceptable alternative would be a treehouse (suitable for children and older) built within a large tree trunk. For details on submiting a waymark, click on "more detail" above.
To log a visit, submit date & time-of-day of your visit, your photo, preferably including yourself or a member of your party, describe your impressions. |
 Ice Cream Parlors
by: Ice Cream Parlors Managers <b>*Category Update 8/4/18* (read the expanded description below for more details).</b> I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. Sometimes, though, we don't know where to find the best spot to satisfy our cravings. So share your favorites. Record the longitude and latitude and include as much information as possible so we'll know whether it's worth the trip. |
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 Railway Roundhouses
by: Railway Roundhouses Managers Roundhouses are the large, circular or semicircular structures that are located surrounding or adjacent to locomotive turntables. The roundhouse in a railroad yard is typically where steam locomotives were maintained and stored. |
 Mormon Temples
by: Mormon Temples Managers In Mormonism, a temple is a building designed as a house of God and often reserved for special forms of worship. There are about 145 LDS temples currently operating or announced.
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 Movie Locations
by: Movie and Television Shooting Locations In order to achieve a greater degree of realism, many movies and TV shows are shot on location away from studio backlots. These locations can be anywhere in the world. Maybe in your home town! Please be aware that there are specific posting requirements for this category. To view them, please click on "more detail" next to the category name above.
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 Equestrian Statues
by: Equestrian Statues Equestrian Statues are statues of a famous or historic person astride a horse. Equestrian Statues are known worldwide and in some cases for centuries. |
 Mom and Pop Rock Shops
by: Rock Hounds This category is for independent (no chains) rock shops that you typically find along barren stretches of highway in the heartland of the US. |
 Waterfalls
by: Waterfalls A waterfall is a geological formation resulting from water, often in the form of a stream, flowing over an erosion-resistant rock formation that forms a sudden break in elevation. Almost all of the great waterfalls are known but there are many hidden treasures off the beaten path, waiting to be enjoyed. |
 Astronomical Observatories
by: Astronomers Historically, observatories were as simple as containing a sextant (for measuring the distance between stars) or Stonehenge (which has some alignments on astronomical phenomena). Modern astronomical observatories typically contain one or more permanently mounted telescopes contained in buildings with a rotating or removable dome. |
 Wineries
by: Wineries A winery is a facility where fruit, usually grapes, is processed into wine. Some wineries are located on the same site as the vineyard whose grapes they process, while others process grapes they purchase from vineyards many miles away. |