576.  Cairns
by:  Cairn Seekers Cairns are purposly placed significant mounds of rocks placed as locations of memorial, spiritual protection or for prayer.
They are generally built loose without mortar, but are on occasion reinforced in modern years to aid their survival.
Modern cairns are erected as memorials & prayer markers for loved ones lost, these of course have a place here.
Small casual groupings of stones placed by travelers will not be considered, cairns must be significant and set to stand the test of time |
577.  The Holocaust 
by: The Holocaust The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. |
578.  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. |
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584.  Carriages and Coaches on Permanent Display
by: the Coachmen
Horse-drawn vehicles were the most important means of land transport for centuries. Many of them have survived the era of motorization and were put on display. We are looking for places where carriages or coaches are on permanent display.
Please take a look at the Expanded Description for further details. |
585.  Weird Story Locations
by: Weird Story Locations Every community has them: those weird little stories of ghosts, bogymen, things that go bump in the night and just plain strange happenings and humans. Share your stories with the world through this Waymark category! |
586.  Literary Sites
by: Literary Sites <i>New management and new requirements as of July 6, 2011</i>
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Locations crucial to fictional literary works are interesting when the real world meets the imaginary world. |
587.  The Local Neighborhood Grocer
by: Shopping Locally Many neighborhoods have their own corner grocer, that quirky little store where the locals shop, and few others know it even exists.
My family owned and operated one such market from the late 1920s through the mid 1940s. Even now, some 60 years later, this little corner grocer still exists.
The object of this group is find and document these little markets. |
588.  Japanese Restaurants
by: Japanese Restaurants To list all restaurants, located outside Japan, serving primarily Japanese cuisine, but not including sushi or noodles. Sushi or noodles may be sold, just not as their primary business.
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590.  Kansas Historical Markers
by: Kansas Historic Markers
Search for a Kansas Historical Marker and please make sure it has not been previously recorded. Record the information needed to prove the existence of the marker and that the person who recorded it was there. |
591.  Little Free Pantry
by: Feed My Sheep A Little Free Pantry, Blessing Box, or by any other name is what this category is looking for. The idea is simple. The box is a miniature food pantry -- receiving items from those who want to donate, and offering it to those who need them. The most common design is that of the Free Little Library - a post mounted wooden box with a door to protect the contents from the elements. Inside is placed non perishable food items. |
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593.  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. |
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596.  German Benchmarks
by: German Benchmark Hunters <p>[DE] In dieser Kategorie sollen alle <b>offiziellen Höhenfestpunkte in Deutschland</b> eingetragen werden. In Deutschland gibt es ca. 60 000 Höhenfestpunkte, welche in der Örtlichkeit fest vermarkt sind.
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[EN] This category contains <b>all official registered Benchmarks in Germany</b>. In Germany there are about 60,000 benchmarks, which are solid fixed on site. |
597.  Community Gardens
by: Community Gardens Community gardens, also known as Allotment gardens, are small plots of land allocated to groups or individual people by some organization that holds title or lease to the land, often for rent, sometimes as a grant, for the purpose of cultivating the land for produce (vegetables, fruit and/or flowers). |
598.  English Heritage - Cadw - Historic Scotland
by: English Heritage To find Properties owned or managed in the UK by English Heritage, Cadw (Welsh Historic Monuments) and Historic Scotland. Not to be confused with The National Trust which is a seperate waymark category. We will accept properties recorded on the Historic England register |
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600.  YMCA / YWCA
by: Village Persons Both the YMCA and the YWCA are worldwide organizations founded on the ideals of providing young men and women with spiritual, intellectual, social and physical well-being. The organizations have greatly expanded and can be found in over 120 countries. |