Recreation & Sports
563 sites
Subcategories:
- Gardening (38)
- Hobbies (110)
- Sports (15)
- Travel (59)
- Outdoors (36)
- Collecting (166)
- Model Building (139)
https://straer.neocities.org/
Straer's personal site, titled 'The Hobbyist,' welcomes visitors through a whimsical portal guided by their AI-style assistant character 57-R-43-R. The site has a mysterious, atmospheric tone hinted at by its tagline 'The Past Knows You' and its participation in 'Weird Web October,' suggesting a creative hobbyist space with eclectic interests.
https://frenchbanknotes.com/reference.php
Dave Mills has built an extensive reference and catalog site dedicated to French banknotes, covering terminology, printing techniques, artists, serial number decoding, and counterfeit detection across multiple languages. Collectors and researchers will find deep glossaries, signature tables, full country catalogs, and articles on topics like provisional issues and banknote design history.
https://wreckingcrewbham.com/
The Wrecking Crew is an NMRA-affiliated model railroad club based in Birmingham, Alabama, showcasing their N scale Coosa Valley Railroad layout and community events like the McWane Center's Magic of Model Trains exhibit. The site features photo galleries, construction narratives, and information about family-friendly boot camp events designed to introduce newcomers to the hobby.
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https://allneonlike.org/site.php
All Neon Like is the fanlisting collective of Crissy, a long-time member of the fanlistings community who has been joining and owning fanlistings since 2003 and even served on the TFL.org senior staff for six years. The site catalogs her owned and joined fanlistings, features a list of affiliates from the fanlisting community, and includes a detailed history of her involvement in this corner of the old web.
http://trainweb.org/htos
The Houston Tinplate Operators Society (HTOS) is a Houston-based model train club founded in 1988, dedicated to running and displaying Lionel O-gauge and compatible trains for the public at Memorial City Mall. Their site covers club history, operating hours, upcoming train meets and events in the Texas area, and the full range of their tinplate hobby from prewar collectibles to near-scale 3-rail operation.
https://www.staplebenchcomputers.com/ModelTrain.htm
A massive curated link directory of model train resources hosted by Staple Bench Computers, featuring hundreds of links to DCC suppliers, layout builders, rail photography sites, club pages, and hobbyist showcases from around the world. The sheer volume of categorized links makes it a useful jumping-off point for model railroad enthusiasts seeking online communities and vendors.
https://blog.keysklubhouse.com/blog
Key's Occasional Blog is a lively personal journal by someone who chronicles their doll collection obsession alongside everyday life events like hurricanes, solar eclipses, and K-pop obsessions. Posts range from doll photography and shopping hauls to surveys, local wildlife encounters, and slice-of-life commentary, making it a charmingly eclectic read.
https://horger.net/
Carl Horger's personal homepage covers a wide mix of interests including metal music, fitness, geocaching, food, and family history, with links to his CD collection and favorite resources. The site has a charming old-web feel, complete with webrings and a domain named after his own last name, and includes a shoutout to fellow Horgers who might stumble across it.
https://www.linkcenter.com/hobbies/aquariums
LinkCenter's aquarium directory curates a range of websites dedicated to the fishkeeping and reef hobby, from local aquarium shops and planted tank specialists to online livestock retailers and marine reef platforms. Visitors can browse listings covering freshwater plants, nano reefs, saltwater corals, and beginner resources across multiple pages.
https://topoquest.com/
TopoQuest, created by Ryan Niemi, is a free online viewer and download hub for USGS topographic maps covering the entire United States at multiple scales, plus Canadian topo maps and 1-meter satellite imagery. Hikers, campers, anglers, prospectors, and GIS enthusiasts will find it an invaluable replacement for the old TopoZone, offering free DRG GeoTIFF downloads and a searchable place-name database.