Recreation & Sports
563 sites
Subcategories:
- Gardening (38)
- Hobbies (110)
- Sports (15)
- Travel (59)
- Outdoors (36)
- Collecting (166)
- Model Building (139)
https://www.railroaddata.com/
RailroadData.com is one of the oldest and largest railroad link directories on the web, hand-curated by editor Bob Harbison since 1996 with over 4,500 verified links organized into categories covering passenger trains, freight, tourist railroads, railcams, and model railroading. Railfans and professional railroaders alike will find it an invaluable gateway to train-related websites from around the world, complete with a search engine, viewer ratings, and hit counters.
https://modelspoor.nl/
MSC Veenendaal is a Dutch model railway club based in Veenendaal, showcasing multiple layouts including H0, N, Märklin, and a children's track, all built with impressive craftsmanship. The site features club news, member projects like hand-built model trees and a turntable, information about iTrain digital control software, and upcoming open visitor days.
http://ina.anaclubs.org/
The Iowa Numismatic Association (INA) is a statewide organization dedicated to promoting coin collecting and the science of numismatics through education, conventions, and club affiliations across Iowa. Visitors can find upcoming coin shows, club listings, medals information, bylaws, and award nominations for collectors at all levels.
https://blaine-reed-meteorites.blogspot.com/
Blaine Reed, a Colorado-based meteorite dealer, runs this long-running sales catalog blog featuring numbered lists of meteorites available for purchase, including carbonaceous chondrites, pallasites, and iron meteorites. Each post reads like a personal letter to collectors, complete with show schedules, Tucson gem show updates, and detailed specimen descriptions that make it a genuine resource for serious meteorite enthusiasts.
http://trainweb.org/hopewellmod
Hosted on TrainWeb.org, this site appears to be dedicated to a model railroad layout, likely featuring the Hopewell-themed layout based on the URL. The image-heavy splash page invites visitors to explore what is presumably a collection of model train photos and layout details.
https://infiltration.org/
Infiltration is the legendary online home of Ninjalicious, the pioneer of urban exploration, featuring his iconic zine documenting unauthorized visits to abandoned buildings, tunnels, drains, churches, and other off-limits spaces. The site preserves his collected writings, back issues of the print zine, and his book 'Access All Areas,' making it an essential archive for the urban exploration community.
https://gearedsteam.com/
Geared Steam Locomotive Works is a dedicated reference site preserving and promoting information on North American geared steam locomotives, covering types such as the Shay, Heisler, Climax, Willamette, and many more obscure variants. Online since 1998, it offers detailed documentation, plans, books, videos, and comparison resources for historians and railroad enthusiasts alike.
https://dvdnerd.neocities.org/00-push-buttons
DVD Nerd is a meticulous reference page dedicated to cataloging and naming the different types of disc-holding push buttons found inside DVD and Blu-ray cases, a topic with virtually no existing documentation online. The creator reviews each button type by its security, usability, and feel, building a personal vocabulary for use in their broader DVD case reviews.
https://people.well.com/user/arturner/heath.html
Alan Turner built a detailed Excel spreadsheet cataloging over 1200 varieties of heaths and heathers, tracking bloom colors by month, hardiness zones, and plant heights. It's a practical gardening tool for planning seasonal color combinations, and even earned praise from the chief programmer at eBay and a public radio garden show host.
http://encasedcoins.info/
Bruce Perdue's comprehensive reference site dedicated to encased coins, a niche area of numismatics covering coins pressed into aluminum or other encasements bearing advertisements and good luck mottos. Visitors will find detailed variety guides, a newsletter archive, checklists, and articles covering specific series like the 1901 Pan American Expo and Stork Club encased cents.