Recreation & Sports
563 sites
Subcategories:
- Gardening (38)
- Hobbies (110)
- Sports (15)
- Travel (59)
- Outdoors (36)
- Collecting (166)
- Model Building (139)
http://www.odp.org/Home/Gardening/Gardens/Personal
A curated ODP/DMOZ mirror directory listing personal gardening websites from hobbyist gardeners around the world, covering everything from cactus collections to flower beds and vegetable plots. Visitors can browse dozens of non-commercial garden journals, photo galleries, and blogs organized into subcategories like Garden Railways and Water Gardens.
http://trainpix.com/bnsf
Charles Biel's BNSF Photo Archive is a massive personal collection of railroad photography featuring over 3,600 images of BNSF, Burlington Northern, and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway locomotives and rolling stock. The archive includes a motive power roster, caboose documentation, scenic action shots, and contributor credits, making it a serious resource for railroad photography enthusiasts.
http://expedition360.com/
Expedition 360 documents Jason Lewis and his international team's historic human-powered circumnavigation of the globe, covering over 45,000 miles by bicycle, kayak, rowing, skating, and a pedal-powered boat between 1994 and 2007. The site chronicles one of the last great firsts in exploration while also highlighting the team's climate advocacy and UNESCO educational partnerships focused on environmental stewardship.
http://gosportrailroadgroup.org.uk/index.php
The American Model Railroad Club (AMRG) based in Gosport, Hampshire is a welcoming club for railway enthusiasts covering scales from Z to O-gauge, including British, North American, and European prototypes. Members meet monthly for hands-on sessions and host public running meets and mini exhibitions four times a year, with affiliation to the NMRA British Region as the Solent Sub-Division.
https://kristalle.ch/
Kristalle.ch is a virtual crystal and mineral collection created by Olivier Roth of Switzerland, focusing on Alpine minerals, collecting sites, and the Swiss 'Strahlen' tradition of high-altitude crystal hunting. The site features photo reports from mineral shows and exhibitions, collector portraits, museum visits, and a growing gallery of Swiss and Alpine mineral finds.
http://nevard.com/
Chris Nevard is a professional photographer and award-winning model railway builder with over 40 years of experience creating prize-winning layouts. The site showcases his model railway layouts alongside his commercial photography work, with links to an active blog and social media for regular updates.
https://expositionmedals.com/
Robert Fowler's comprehensive guide to collecting award medals from American and European World's Fairs and Expositions, covering events from the 1851 Great Exhibition in London through the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair. Each exposition gets its own detailed page featuring digital images of the medals, descriptions of design elements, types of awards given, and rich historical context that makes this a gem for numismatic enthusiasts.
https://1jim3bobhasago.neocities.org/
A sparse personal page by '1jim3bob' that appears to be in its earliest stages, featuring a handful of images and minimal text. There is not enough content to determine a dominant topic, but the playful title suggests a hobbyist or casual personal site.
http://www.movieprop.com/
Mark Crawley's MovieProp.com is a comprehensive resource dedicated to collecting production-used Hollywood memorabilia, including celebrity wardrobe, sci-fi props, and replicas from films and TV shows. The site also features in-depth coverage of specific franchises like Aliens, Terminator, and Battlestar Galactica, plus movie reviews organized by genre and subcategory.
https://mgmrc.org/
The Middle Georgia Model Railroad Club is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit serving railroad hobbyists in the Warner Robins, Georgia area, operating multi-scale layouts in G, O, HO, N, and Z scales. The club hosts public exhibits at major regional venues including the Museum of Aviation's annual Planes and Trains event, participates in Boy Scout merit badge programs, and welcomes new members across all experience levels.