Recreation & Sports
563 sites
Subcategories:
- Gardening (38)
- Hobbies (110)
- Sports (15)
- Travel (59)
- Outdoors (36)
- Collecting (166)
- Model Building (139)
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.
http://www.thegardeningdirectory.co.uk/
The Gardening Directory bills itself as one of the UK's most comprehensive gardening link collections, organizing hundreds of external resources into categories spanning plant care, landscaping, garden furniture, tools, organic gardening, and more. Visitors can browse subcategories as specific as carnivorous plants, fire pits, or summerhouses, making it a useful starting point for any gardening-related research.
https://1-87vehicles.org/
The 1/87 Vehicle Club is a long-running community dedicated to HO scale (1:87) vehicle modeling, featuring hundreds of photo galleries showcasing detailed truck, car, and trailer models built by members around the world. With product news, reviews, manufacturer and retailer directories, how-to articles, and an archive stretching back to 1998, this site is an essential resource for serious HO scale vehicle enthusiasts.
https://camp-wireless.org/site/frontpage
Camp Wireless, built by Koos van den Hout, is a directory of campsites across Europe and North America that offer wireless Internet access, making it easy for connected campers to plan trips without going offline. The site includes articles, links, GPS waypoints, and Google Earth integration to help visitors locate and evaluate Wi-Fi-friendly camping spots.
http://hdmmrc.com/hdmmrc
The High Desert Modular Model Railroad Club (HDMMRC) is an HO scale modular railroad group based in the Antelope Valley region of Southern California, meeting monthly at the Lancaster Elks Lodge. The site serves as the club's home base, offering event calendar, photos, member info, and contact details for hobbyists interested in joining or learning more about modular railroading.
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http://cayleigh.awardspace.us/
Element is Cayleigh's fanlisting collective, showcasing the 221 fanlistings she has joined through The Fanlistings Network. The site is a simple hub with affiliate links and navigation to her full fanlisting index.
http://cs.cmu.edu/~tpope/miniatures/index.html
Thomas Pope's personal page dedicated to miniature figures, hosted on Carnegie Mellon University's servers. A hobbyist showcase for miniature painting and collecting, offering a glimpse into the detailed craft of small-scale figure work.
https://coinbooks.org/
The Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS) is a nonprofit educational organization founded in 1979 dedicated to collecting and promoting literature about coins, medals, tokens, and paper money. Visitors can explore the weekly E-Sylum newsletter, podcast episodes, a subject and author index, back issues of the journal The Asylum, and membership resources for enthusiasts of numismatic books and periodicals.
https://theibns.org/joomla/index.php
The International Bank Note Society (IBNS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the study and collection of worldwide banknotes and paper currencies, complete with grading standards, a banknote database, and an annual Bank Note of the Year award. Members gain access to a quarterly journal, articles on currency history, dealer and member directories, and chapter information spanning the globe.
https://trainweb.us/
TrainWeb hosts an archive of railroad-related websites that are no longer actively updated but remain valuable for their historical photographs and information about trains, rail routes, and equipment. The directory spans categories from Amtrak routes and specific railroad lines to model railroading and international rail systems, making it a treasure trove for railfans and historians alike.