Recreation & Sports
512 sites
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- Gardening (32)
- Hobbies (84)
- Sports (15)
- Travel (58)
- Outdoors (28)
- Collecting (161)
- Model Building (134)
https://elmhurstcoinsandcollectibles.com/collector-websites
Elmhurst Coins & Collectibles, a coin shop in Elmhurst, Illinois, maintains this curated links page pointing collectors to major numismatic organizations, regional coin clubs, grading services, and publications. It serves as a handy reference hub for anyone serious about coins, paper money, tokens, and medals, connecting visitors to resources like the ANA, ANS, and numerous local coin clubs across the Midwest.
https://austinrailway.org/
The Austin Model Railway Society is an HO scale model railroad club based in Austin, Texas, with a massive 52x24 foot modular layout depicting the local area. Their site covers club membership, meeting schedules, layout plans, and links to affiliated Texas train clubs and regional NMRA divisions.
https://xnumber.com/xnumber/vintage.htm
X-Number World of Calculators is a dedicated hub for vintage calculator collectors, covering mechanical calculators, slide adders, Troncets, and early electronic calculators. It features a collectors list, forum archives, and even hosts a webring connecting fellow enthusiasts of antique calculating machines.
http://pudenda.net/
A personal site from someone sharing scattered slices of their life, including a New Zealand travel journal, tattoo research, garden notes, recipes, and a dramatic story about saving a man's life. The mix of topics leans toward travel and personal adventure, making it a quirky snapshot of early web self-expression.
https://cyberpeach.net/
Cyberpeach is a cheerful personal site by a Tamagotchi enthusiast featuring a photobook, blog, and a detailed spotlight on the 2024 Tamagotchi Connection re-release with notes on shells, characters, and minigames. The site has a cutesy, flower-and-peach aesthetic and is actively updated with new content including a media room coming soon.
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://zoomernauts.neocities.org/
Zoomernauts is a charming personal corner of the web run by a nostalgic collector cataloguing their plushie collection, with a particular focus on Cabbage Patch Kids and other vintage toys. The site blends a cozy old-web aesthetic with blog updates, webring participation, and a warm community spirit rooted in 90s-era nostalgia.
http://c-90.org/index.htm
Project C-90 is a sprawling catalog dedicated to cassette tape collecting, featuring nearly 3,000 tapes and over 1,700 inlay cards scanned and documented from brands like TDK, Maxell, BASF, Sony, and dozens of obscure labels. Built by Haplishe and Alexey Musienko, this bilingual Russian-English archive is a loving visual tribute to the cassette era, preserving the artwork and packaging of a fading analog medium.
http://railpage.org.au/hmrs
The Hills Model Railway Society (HMRS) is an Australian club based in the Castle Hill area of Sydney, dedicated to the hobby of model railway construction and operation across HO, OO, and N scales. The site features club news, layout photos, exhibition details, an event calendar, and member resources for enthusiasts interested in Australian, American, British, Japanese, and European prototype railways.
http://paulkilfoil.co.za/Leisure.aspx
Paul Kilfoil's sprawling personal site documents travelogues from 50+ countries since 1987, complete with photos, trip reports to destinations like Machu Picchu, the Great Wall of China, and the Trans-Siberian Railway. Beyond travel, Paul also shares blogs on science, politics, railways, and sports, plus a free downloadable software tool he built to track statistics for rugby, soccer, cricket, tennis, and Formula 1.