Collecting
166 sites
https://vintagebuses.org/
VintageBuses.org is a personal photography site dedicated to classic UK public transport, featuring a rotating Bus of the Week, historic fleet profiles, and galleries of preserved vintage buses and trolleybuses. The site offers a curated visual journey through decades of British bus history, with links to transport museums and an emphasis on lovingly preserved vehicles.
http://www.gatorgirlrocks.com/
Gator Girl Rocks is a comprehensive rockhounding resource covering all 50 US states, with guides to finding gems, minerals, and fossils across the country. Created by Zoe Tolbert, the site includes state-by-state rockhounding locations, an Amazon gear store, wildlife photography from field trips, and a blog chronicling real rockhound adventures.
https://mineraltown.com/
MineralTown.com is a comprehensive resource for rock, mineral, and fossil collectors featuring articles on the rock cycle, Mohs hardness scale, mineral identification, and cleaning techniques. With photo galleries, mineral show reports, a web directory, classified ads, and multilingual support, it serves as a well-rounded hub for hobbyist and serious collectors alike.
https://minerant.org/
The Mineralogische Kring Antwerpen (MKA) runs this bilingual English/Dutch hub for mineral collectors, offering an extensive and regularly updated link directory covering mineralogy, gemology, and earth sciences. It serves as both a community portal for the Antwerp mineralogy club and a broader starting point for anyone interested in collecting minerals online.
https://champagneonice-ivil.tripod.com/
A massive personal collection of over 1500 animated blinkies, the tiny glittering GIF images beloved in early web culture, organized across dozens of themed pages covering everything from animals and food to seasonal and attitude blinkies. Built by a self-described blinkie addict, this site is a nostalgic treasure trove of old-web graphics culture with categories like 'Mega Blinkies,' 'Blinkie Shapes,' and 'Movie & Television.'
http://burlingtonroute.com/
A site dedicated to the Burlington Route, the historic Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and its successors, likely featuring photos, history, and memorabilia of this classic American railroad. Rail enthusiasts will find this a focused resource on one of the most storied freight and passenger lines of the American Midwest.
http://nakhladogmeteorites.com/catalog.htm
Run by Rob Wesel under the 'Nakhla Dog Meteorites' brand, this site offers an extensive catalog of meteorites for sale spanning chondrites, irons, achondrites, stony-irons, carbonaceous specimens, and museum-quality pieces from around the world. Collectors will find everything from famous falls like Chelyabinsk and Sikhote-Alin to rare lunar and pallasite samples, along with meteorite-related accessories like jewelry, artwork, and magnetic stands.
https://typewriterdatabase.com/
The Typewriter Database is the internet's largest reference for typewriter serial numbers, covering over 1,000 brands and 3,300 models to help collectors date their machines. With galleries, typeface samples, patents, and a thriving member community, it is an indispensable resource for typewriter enthusiasts and vintage collectors alike.
http://c-90.org/index.htm
Project C-90 is a sprawling catalog dedicated to cassette tape collecting, featuring nearly 3,000 tapes and over 1,700 inlay cards scanned and documented from brands like TDK, Maxell, BASF, Sony, and dozens of obscure labels. Built by Haplishe and Alexey Musienko, this bilingual Russian-English archive is a loving visual tribute to the cassette era, preserving the artwork and packaging of a fading analog medium.
https://plaidstallions.com/
PlaidStallions is Brian Heiler's sprawling celebration of 1970s pop culture, focused on vintage toys, action figures, rack toys, and funky polyester fashion from the decade. The site features catalog archives, collector guides, a print magazine called Toy-Ventures, YouTube episodes, and coverage of obscure toy lines like AHI, Mego, and Popy World Heroes.