Recreation & Sports
563 sites
Subcategories:
- Gardening (38)
- Hobbies (110)
- Sports (15)
- Travel (59)
- Outdoors (36)
- Collecting (166)
- Model Building (139)
https://sillybeanies.neocities.org/
Jamie's lovingly built personal site dedicated to their Beanie Baby collection, featuring 70 pages of content including individual shrines spotlighting favorite beanies like Bongo and Inch. Complete with custom graphics, a guestbook, adoptable graphics, and a full sitemap, this is a charming deep-dive into Beanie Baby fandom.
https://www.creativeartsprofessional.com/usefulsites.php
A curated link directory from the International Association of Creative Arts Professionals (ICAP), connecting visitors to hundreds of quilting and textile-related businesses, artists, fabric suppliers, and pattern designers. Run by Morna McEver Enterprises, this resource serves serious quilters and professionals with reciprocal linking opportunities across the quilting community.
http://mcor-nmra.org/
The Mid-Continent Region of the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) serves hobbyists across Iowa, Illinois, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska, uniting over 900 members through local divisions and regional events. The site offers access to regional newsletters like the Main Line and Caboose Kibitzer, upcoming convention listings, and resources for model railroad enthusiasts throughout the central United States.
https://xnumber.com/xnumber/vintage.htm
X-Number World of Calculators is a dedicated hub for vintage calculator collectors, covering mechanical calculators, slide adders, Troncets, and early electronic calculators. It features a collectors list, forum archives, and even hosts a webring connecting fellow enthusiasts of antique calculating machines.
https://brisray.com/bizarre
A curated collection of bizarre, macabre, and unusual vintage postcards spanning topics from accidental deaths and open coffins to surreal humor and war casualties. The collector behind brisray.com has assembled 86 unsettling and thought-provoking cards that challenge the notion of what was once considered acceptable subject matter for postcards.
http://web20travel.blogspot.com/
Run by Alan A. Lew (The Travel Geographer), this blog catalogs and reviews Web 2.0 websites and online tools related to travel and tourism, covering services like destination finders, staycation sites, and trip planners. Posts evaluate whether early travel startups lived up to their promises, making it a useful snapshot of the travel tech landscape from the mid-to-late 2000s.
https://www.stamplink.com/
StampLink, maintained by Roger Pearce, serves as a curated jump-off platform connecting philatelists directly to the best stamp collecting sites on the web without needing a search engine. The directory covers everything from stamp valuation and soaking techniques to philatelic clubs, postal administrations, country-specific resources, and periodicals.
http://californiazephyr.org/
The California Zephyr Museum Online preserves the history, artifacts, and photographs related to the iconic California Zephyr passenger train, covering railroads like the Denver & Rio Grande Western, Western Pacific, and Chicago Burlington & Quincy. With exhibits, a photo archive, a resource library, and historical information about Zephyrettes, this site is a dedicated online museum for railroad enthusiasts and train history buffs.
http://caver.net/main2.htm
Caver.net appears to be a site dedicated to the hobby and sport of caving, exploring underground cave systems. With a domain name that speaks directly to the activity, it likely serves as a resource or personal hub for spelunking enthusiasts.
http://willowgarden.net/
Sharon Bryson shares the story of The Willow Garden, a semi-woodland property near Antigonish, Nova Scotia featuring thousands of rhododendron and azalea seedlings cultivated over decades by the late Bill Wilgenhof. Visitors will find seasonal garden photography, seed exchange information, and a deeply personal record of a lifelong horticultural passion.