Recreation & Sports
563 sites
Subcategories:
- Gardening (38)
- Hobbies (110)
- Sports (15)
- Travel (59)
- Outdoors (36)
- Collecting (166)
- Model Building (139)
http://writingball.blogspot.com/
Richard P runs this long-running blog dedicated to the joys of mechanical typewriters, covering everything from rare Olivetti and Smith-Corona machines to custom typewriter fonts and the broader typewriter enthusiast community. Posts blend hands-on reviews, restoration notes, and cultural appreciation for analog typing in the digital age.
https://geekula.net/
Geekula's personal homepage features a charming interactive 'pet the kitty' element alongside a piclog and webmaster blog, built for the full desktop experience. The site has a playful old-web aesthetic with sparkle graphics and a cozy, hand-crafted feel typical of hobby homepages.
http://northatlantarailbarons.com/
The North Atlanta Rail Barons is a club of over twenty model railroaders based in the Northwest Atlanta suburbs, organized in 2005 to help members build and operate model railroad layouts in each other's homes. As one of only two 100% NMRA Member Operating Groups in Georgia, the group meets weekly and covers topics like HO-scale layout construction, prototype railroad operations, and regional train shows.
https://christmas.musetechnical.com/
A curated digital archive of vintage US retail seasonal catalogs and Christmas Wishbooks, featuring scanned pages from iconic retailers like Sears, JC Penney, and Montgomery Ward. Nostalgia-seekers and collectors will find a treasure trove of holiday wish books spanning decades of American retail history.
http://slomra.org/
The San Luis Obispo Model Railroad Association (SLO MRA) is a club dedicated to model railroading across San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties, hosting public events like Model Rail Days at the historic Oceano Depot. Visitors can learn about the club's HO and N scale layouts, community outreach projects, and upcoming swap meets and festivals.
https://tilde.town/~mgoh
Mark Y. Goh's tilde.town page chronicles over a decade of world travel, with photo journals from destinations like Vietnam, Turkey, Bali, and backcountry trails in Hawaii, California, and Idaho. Alongside the travel logs, he shares annual favorite music lists spanning 2011 to 2022 and links to his old music projects.
https://seat61.com/
The Man in Seat 61 is a comprehensive train travel guide covering rail routes across the UK, Europe, Asia, Africa, and beyond, with detailed advice on tickets, fares, passes, and booking tips. Created by Mark Smith, this award-winning site has won multiple Best Travel Website honors and is considered the definitive reference for anyone wanting to travel the world by train instead of flying.
https://ponytopia.com/
Silverfall's Ponytopia is a dedicated reference guide for My Little Pony G3 collectibles, covering the 2003-2007 era of Hasbro's beloved toy line. Built by collectors for collectors, the site catalogs pony items and remains archived as a historical resource for enthusiasts still tracking down vintage pieces.
https://carletongarden.blogspot.com/p/home-page.html
Skippy's Vegetable Garden is a long-running blog journal by a Boston-area gardener documenting their organic vegetable growing, fruit trees, berry bushes, backyard chickens, and beekeeping. Named after the creator's first dog, the blog spans from 2006 onward with hundreds of posts covering planting schedules, seasonal harvests, and sustainable growing methods.
http://seateddimevarieties.com/
Gerry Fortin's comprehensive web-book covers Liberty Seated Dime die varieties from 1837 to 1891, with detailed documentation of die states, rarity estimates, pricing guides, and exceptional photography built from decades of numismatic research. Collectors will find an exhaustive reference for attributing varieties including shattered dies, misplaced dates, doubled dies, and repunched dates, making it an indispensable tool for anyone serious about this 19th-century U.S. coin series.