Cable Skiing and Wakeboarding
by: Cableways A Cableway is used to practice towed water sports such as Water Ski, Wakeboarding, or others. Instead of being pulled by a boat the user is pulled by a cable suspended above water in a specifically designed pylons. The Cableways can be used either for people with experience or without experience and are extremely fun to ride. |
Fish Ladders
by: Fish Ladders Find and waymark Fish Ladders all around the world. They are also known as Fishways, Fish Pass or Fish Steps.
They are used to give fish and other water-living animals the chance to come across artificial barriers (such as dams and locks). |
Humming Stones
by: Humming Stones "Put your head in the hollow of the stone and hum different notes. When you hit the right note, you will feel a gentle vibrating sensation in your body. The result is a harmonious feeling of well-being."
All over the world you can find Humming Stones... and here is the place to waymark them! Let's hummmmm! [:)] |
Insect Hotels
by: Insect Hotel Managers Looking for Insect Hotels all around the world.
Insect Hotels? What are you talking about?
An Insect Hotel is a man-made structure offering good living conditions to different kinds of insects that are pollinators and pest controllers, like wild living bees, wasps, ladybugs, dragonflies, beetles, spiders and other beneficial insects. Find and waymark them. |
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Grand Opening
by: Let's Open To Waymark plaques and monuments placed to celebrate the opening/inauguration of a large variety of locations by a person. |
Olympic Memorabilia
by: Goin' for Gold This Waymark Category is for recording Olympic Memorabilia throughout the world. This includes Memorabilia of the Olympic Games and the many Olympians who competed during the Modern Olympic Games, including the Modern Paralympic Games. |
Preserved Machines on Public Display
by: Industrial History Seekers
Sometimes, old machines are preserved and put on display after their activity period. They often provide interesting information about the history of technology and science and are sometimes more decorative than many sculptures. We are looking for preserved machines on display all over the world.
Please take a look at the Expanded Description for further details. |
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Framed Views
by: Framed Views We are looking for Framed Views all around the world. Have you ever seen a huge picture frame or a free standing window showing the best view to an interesting location? This is the place to waymark them.
Please take a look at the Expanded Description for further details. |
Current and Former Exchanges
by: Traders An exchange is an organized market where tradable goods are sold and bought. We are looking for the locations of current and former exchanges around the world. |
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Paleontology and Fossils
by: Fossil Finders This category is to discover paleontological and fossil locations that are open to the public. Please click on "show additional information" below to see requirements for posting in this category. |
Pergolas
by: Pergolas This category's goal is to highlight the many pergolas located around the world. Most are freestanding and some are attached to an existing building. Pergolas submitted to this category are required to be artistic in their design and/or have some history attached to them. If they have some ornamentation or foliage in their creations, even better. Plain-looking, run-of-the-mill pergolas submitted here will be denied. |
Way of St. James 
by: By the Way The Way of St. James is a large network of ancient pilgrim routes stretching across Europe and coming together in Santiago de Compostela that exists since the ninth century.
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Southern African Trig Beacons 
by: Southern African Trig Beacons This category is for waymarking Southern African Trig Beacons. Specifically formal trig beacons of the style used for former British colonies, and applies to South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. |
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Time Signals
by: The Keepers of Time The purpose and goal of this category is to discover, document, and preserve the memory of "Time Balls", "Time Cannons", and "Time Flaps". These now obsolete devices were used in the 19th and early 20th century as public time markers. |
Ski Jumps 
by: Ski Jumpers We are looking for 'Ski Jumps' around the world. Whether they are large or small, active or abandoned. |
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European Post Offices
by: European Post Offices Our goal at European Post Offices is to locate and waymark post office locations, including licensed post offices. We are particularly interested in standalone, 'traditional' Post Office locations - past and present. |