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952.  Dining Car Restaurants 
by:  Dining Car Restaurants This groups goal is to locate and document old railroad dining cars that have been converted into roadside restaurants. We will also consider, on a case by case basis, replica dining car restaurants. |
953.  Haunted Attractions
by: Fraidy Cats A haunted attraction or dark attraction is a venue which simulates the experience of visiting a structure or outside space that is inhabited by what appears to be ghosts or creatures. The illusion, created by actors, animatronics, illusions and special effects, is designed to frighten patrons who typically purchase tickets for the privilege. |
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955.  Offroad Trails
by: OHV Trail Waymarks The term off-road refers to a driving surface which is not conventionally paved nor maintained. This is an old mountain logging road, forest access road, rural scenic backroad (for you folks in the plains), or marked/unmarked OHV trail. These trails should only be traveled by vehicles designed for off-road driving (such as heavy-duty trucks and equipment, SUVs, ATVs, snowmobiles, dirt bikes or mountain bikes) or vehicles that have the proper off-road equipment. |
956.  Turtle Crossings
by: Turtle Crossings Crew Each spring adult female turtles around the world embark on a deadly journey key for the survival of their species. This journey takes them from their relatively safe aquatic and wetland habitats and sends them straight through a gauntlet of life threatening situations on their way to their final destination. By helping a turtle across the road and documenting here, you can show the world that you are doing your part to save the environment.
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957.  Nations Within Nations
by: Nations Within Nations Within are "nations within nations" around the world. These can be known as Indian Reservations in the U.S., Reserves in Canada, Native Title Act in Australia. These are areas set aside for native, indigenous people of a country. |
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959.  Butterfly Houses
by: Butterfly Houses Butterfly Houses are places where they have made an artificial environment where tropical butterflies can live outside their native habitat. |
960.  Junk Design Houses
by: House Art Fans This is for recording locations of houses where the owner has created art out of things most people would throw away. The location should not be for profit businesses, but residences lived in by the 'artist'. |
961.  Vermont Historical Markers
by: Green Mountain History Group The birthplaces of US Presidents, Red Sox players and founders of world-famous organizations (Cadillac, Lincoln, Rotary International, Alcoholics Anonymous); homes of famous authors (Rudyard Kipling, Pearl S. Buck); technological achievements (first ski tow in the US, invention of the steam engine); military engagements. Vermont's historic markers provide us with fascinating glimpses into the past and insights into the present. |
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965.  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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966.  Historic Reenactments
by: Historic Reenactments Reenactments that depict a historical event, whether it be perpetual (i.e., Colonial Williamsburg - Virginia), annual (i.e., Battle of Largs - Scotland, Anchorage Fur Rendezvous - Alaska), or ocassionally (i.e., Battle of St. Fagans - Wales). It must be a living history type event (not theatrical or fantasy) based on an actual historical event or person. |
967.  Cross Country Ski Trailheads
by: Wooden Gliders This category is collecting waymarks for all public, cross country skiing trails. While many trails are suitable for cross country skiing, this category is looking only for those trails that have been designated for cross country skiing and can be identified by signs or map information. |
968.  Zip-line
by: Flying on cables A zip-line consists of a pulley suspended on a cable mounted with an inclination. It is designed to enable a user propelled by gravity to go from the top to the bottom of the inclined cable |
969.  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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972.  Established Rock Climbing Areas
by: C&G Rock Climbing Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up or across natural rock formations. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a pre-defined route. Rock climbing is a physically and mentally demanding sport, one that often tests a climber's strength, endurance, agility, and balance along with his or her mental control.
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973.  Remembering FEPOW
by: FEPOW Commemorators OUR AIM:
We are creating a valuable resource where points of interest dedicated specifically to the Far East Prisoners of War are accessible for those wanting to research their relatives and find out as much as they can about this part of the war which lay forgotten for so long.
This category will waymark all things all over the world relating to the FEPOW from memorials, graves, places where information can be found, to the actual places involved in the World War II conflict in the Far East |
974.  Olmsted Designed Parks
by: Olmsted Parks Managers This category is for listing all parks, parkways, campuses, and other open spaces designed by Frederick Law Olmsted or his two sons John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. |
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