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 Outside Wooden Display Carvings 
by:  Wood Carvers <b> All types of wooden carvings on permanent display </b> including "chainsaw carvings", "totem poles" & "cigar store Indians" along roadways in parks in front of stores, lodges and wherever they may be placed for outdoor public display.
<br> *Wooden signs do not meet this category's criteria (those currently accepted previous to Feb 4 2008 will be grandfathered). The wooden display must be of a sculpture format. The carving must be made of wood and not resin reproductions. |
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 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). |
 Children's Museums
by: Children's Museums Children’s museums are cultural institutions committed to serving the needs and interests of children by providing exhibits and programs that stimulate curiosity and motivate learning. There are approximately 350 children’s museums around the world. |
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 Nature Centers
by: Nature Centers This category seeks to document and mark any nature center worldwide that seeks to educate and inspire their visitors to the natural and cultural history around them. |
Children's Gardens by: Children's Gardens These special gardens promote a child's understanding of plants and the role they play in our daily lives. They nurture a sense of wonder in a child's imagination and curiosity. |
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 U.S. Post Offices
by: U.S. Post Offices Our goal at U.S. Post Offices is to locate and waymark as many of these fine government establishments as possible.
Large or small, we want to see them all.
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 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. |
 LDS Church History Sites
by: Mormon History LDS Church History Sites will contain waymarks for places where important events in LDS history took place.
This category would not contain LDS Temple sites, since there is already a category for those. |
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 Truss Bridges
by: Truss Bridges This category is to waymark truss type bridges around the world. These bridges can be currently in use or can be abandoned but still standing. |
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 Cityscapes
by: City Viewers A view of a city or town from a hill, from a structure, or across a body of water such as a bay or a lake.
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 Retired Prisons
by: Retired Prisons Find and log a prison, jail or penitentiary, that is no longer being used to detain people. *UPDATE 9/21/17* This category will now require former prisons and jails to still exist in order to qualify. |
 National Parks of the World
by: Natural National Parks of the World A national park is a reserve of land, usually owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. National parks are usually located in places which have been largely undeveloped, and often feature areas with exceptional native animals, plants and, biodiversity, or unusual geological features. [Wikipedia article "National park"] |
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