If there’s one thing I like making pokestops/wayspots of more than anything else, it’s absolutely got to be historic signs and objects. Finding authentic historical material in free cells which I can make into a stop doesn’t happen very often, so I always jump at the first opportunities I get to snag some for myself.
This got me thinking: Of all the history-related submissions you guys have made, what are your favorites?
For me, there’s one in particular that’s one of my all-around favorite nominations in recent weeks: this spring house in a tiny little park that was built by the earliest settlers of the area, now tucked away into a sprawling suburb.
It’s a park that I never even thought twice about prior to starting Wayfarer, and now I know there’s a centuries-old building standing there from back when the US didn’t even exist yet.
It does also help that this directly turned into a gym since the only other stop in the cell was a showcase, in the L17 right next to the Springhouse:
The Jurong-Kranji Defence Line was a strategic line of defense during the Battle of Singapore in World War II. This one is to commemorate one of wwII event
I have found three of these and all accepted. One I submitted almost next door to an existing pokestop, not expecting it to appear but wanting to write it up anyway.
The UK has lots of concrete survey markers this size from the 1960s (?) that are crumbling, sometimes only 100m apart, and definitely not interesting, but the bronze ones from 100 years ago are something I never would have noticed, before hunting-for-wayspots opened my eyes.
500 km away (That’s 310 Freedom units for my American friends) in Midland, Ontario I found a sign detailing the effects of the War of 1812 on that area.
I hope this one might help people out in rural areas. I found this old pharmacy in a very small rural town. It’s been open for almost 100 years and it still has an ice cream counter inside! Granted, it doesn’t look as bustling as it probably did many years ago, but they’ve kept up the ice cream service. That makes it a great place to explore in my book!
It’s a lovely aesthetic. There are nine diners, some of which are finished in this lovely fake 1950s American style. Probably most importantly, if you are driving to Cardiff (the capital of Wales) where the show is made from the English Midlands, there’s a good chance you’ll stop off at that diner at some point.
