 Grain Elevators
by:  Grain Elevators A category for documenting grain elevators - buildings or complex of buildings for storage, shipment and trading of grains.
Can be framed or cribbed wood, steel, concrete or other materials.
Must be commercial grain elevators, individual farm elevators or grain storage facilities will not be accepted.
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 Historical Society Headquarters
by: La Société Historical Societies are responsible for recognizing, preserving and maintaining cultural relevant historical sites. This category seeks to find and catalog their headquarters. |
 Moomins 
by: Moomin club Year 2010 is the 65th anniversary of the release of "The Moomins and the Great Flood", the first of the Moomin books writen by Finnish writer and illustrator Tove Jansson. Waymarking goal of this category is to promote knowledge of Moomins by finding Moomin characters around the world!
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 Bismarck Towers
by: Bismarck Towers Bismarck Towers are a unique German monument genre, to honor the ex-chancellor Otto von Bismarck. Approximately 250 of these towers were built between the German unification and the National Socialist takeover, between 1869 and 1934. They were built in various styles, on four continents (Australia, South America, Africa and Europe). Of those 250 about 170 remain.
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 Whispering Galleries
by: Whispering Among Friends Whispering Galleries are areas in which the ambient architecture is able to broadcast weak sounds relatively great distances and can be heard. These Whispering Galleries can be an acoustical anomaly found in a domed rotunda or arch or they can be deliberately constructed within a science museum. |
 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 |
 Bifana´s House
by: Bifana's House The goal of this waymark is to create Bifana's House Waymark (Portuguese traditional fast food house). The "Bifana" is a thinly sliced pork steak sandwich, served in Portuguese traditional bread, fried on vegetable oil or olive oil with lots of garlic. It tastes real good. Some add mustard or spicy sauce. It's not a BBQ and it's not easy to find in every restaurant. There are houses that have them as their specialty, that's what this category is all about. Those houses are not BBQ houses. |
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 Coats of Arms
by: Heraldists Your mission is to find any interesting static manifestation of heraldry in the form of coat of arms - connected with aristocratic families (noble family coat of arms), burgher arms (used by famous commoners), church or knight orders, universities and towns or counties. The commercial and state (country) coat of arms are excluded from this category... |
 Old Spanish Trail Auto Route
by: Old Spanish Trail Blazers This category seeks to waymark the unique pieces of Americana and history that still lie along the Old Spanish Trail Auto Route. It connects the old Spanish colonial towns of St. Augustine, Florida, on the U.S. Atlantic coast and San Diego, California, on the U.S. Pacific Coast. The Old Spanish Trail Auto Route is not to be confused with the 19th century cattle trail of the same name that wound from Santa Fe to Los Angeles. |
 Kinetic Sculpture and Art
by: Kinetic Sculpture and Art Kinetic Sculpture and Art is sculpture that has parts that move with respect to other parts; it depends on motion for its effects. Drawing engineering and art together, they give a glimpse at what great beauty can be created by the artist. Sound and light pieces are also welcome here. Please click on "show additional information" below to see requirements for posting in this category. |
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 Commercial Commemorations
by: Bizateers World-wide, permanent historic markers, plaques, works of art, trees, or some other public acknowledgement, erected, made or placed to celebrate or commemorate a business or corporation's anniversary celebration or some other entity, event, group, people or organization's milestone or celebration. |
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 Stone Church Artefacts
by: Historical Researchers This category is for stone church artefacts, objects can be entered in this category from within and around churches. We are looking for unusual objects; we do not want it to be a category of duplicate waymarks. |
 Community Commemoration
by: Celebration Seekers Centennial markers, Bicentennial markers and Anniversary markers are out there celebrating a town, city, state or country's founding anniversary. Markers can be found throughout the world and can be marked here. |
 Automobile Salvage Yards
by: Auto Recyclers This catagory is a collection of automobile salvage yards around the world.
A automobile salvage yard is where one can go purchase used auto parts at a lower cost rather than purchase new parts which are at a higher cost. |
 Funeral Homes
by: Funeral Homes To waymark the many Funeral Homes, Parlors, and Mortuaries worldwide who offer funeral services, and comfort to those families in need during the difficult times of a loss of a loved one. |
 Spirit of '76
by: Patriots Any remnant or evidence left over from 1976 which celebrates and commemorates the United States Bicentennial year of independence in conjunction of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence. |
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 Research Institutes
by: Researchers This category is for waymarking research institutes around the world. We are interested in research institutes from all major fields of science: natural sciences, engineering and technology, medical sciences, agricultural sciences, social sciences and humanities. If institution's main activity is research we would like to have it here. |
 Citizen Memorials
by: Monuments to the people Many people have left a significant impact on a community, friends, and loved ones to have had a permanent memorial erected in their honour. This category is dedicated to those places around the world where you find a memorial of some kind. |
 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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