Recreation & Sports
563 sites
Subcategories:
- Gardening (38)
- Hobbies (110)
- Sports (15)
- Travel (59)
- Outdoors (36)
- Collecting (166)
- Model Building (139)
https://mer-nmra.com/elocals.html
The Mid-Eastern Region of the National Model Railroad Association (MER-NMRA) hosts this comprehensive hub for model railroad enthusiasts across the eastern United States, covering divisions from New Jersey to the Carolinas. Visitors can browse decades of archived issues of 'The eLocal' newsletter dating back to 2005, explore contest results, clinic resources, layout galleries, and achievement programs.
https://kestrel.pet/index.html
Kestrel's Corner is a personal neocities-style site with a playful, animated entrance page that teases content about trains with looping hypnotic text. The site promises enthusiast content about trains wrapped in a flashy, JavaScript-powered retro-web aesthetic.
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.
http://tilde.club/~schussat/eight.html
Alan's List of Eight Things is a minimalist tilde.club page presenting a curated collection of eight personal favorites, including a folk band, a dotted notebook, a podcast, coffee, and a video game controller. The eclectic mix of recommendations gives it the feel of a short, honest 'things I love right now' list from a real person.
https://knittersreview.com/
Knitter's Review is Clara Parkes' long-running knitting resource site, active since 2000, featuring in-depth reviews of yarns, tools, and books alongside tutorials on socks, lace, and yarn substitution. The site also boasts what it claims to be the most extensive knitting events calendar on the internet, making it a valuable reference for knitters of all skill levels.
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://seattlerobotics.org/
The Seattle Robotics Society has been bringing together robot builders and technology enthusiasts in the Pacific Northwest since 1982, hosting monthly meetings, workshops, contests, and outreach events for all skill levels. Their site features event calendars, resources for local maker spaces and robotics clubs, a newsletter called The Encoder, and information about their annual Robothon competition.
http://moock.org/nostalgia/garden.html
Colin's Garden is a photo tour through a personal Ontario garden, guiding visitors through arbors, perennial beds, gazebos, and seasonal plantings across multiple years of growth. Packed with practical tips, plant lists for tricky conditions like black walnut toxicity, and site reviews, it's a charming early-web horticultural resource built with real passion.
https://dc-coin.com/
Sculptor Daniel Carr sells his original coins, medals, tokens, and fantasy-date over-strikes produced at his private Moonlight Mint facility using a genuine Grabener press from the US Denver Mint. Carr is a serious numismatic artist who designed the actual 2001 New York and Rhode Island state quarters for the US Mint, and his limited-edition pieces range from parody state quarters to silver ingots and prototype dollars.