Recreation & Sports
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- Collecting (166)
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http://coinsheetlinks.com/
COINSHEET Numismatic Directory, maintained by Bob Johnson since 1995, is a comprehensive link directory for coin collectors covering dealers, clubs, hobo nickels, state quarters, and precious metal price charts. With alphabetically organized listings and live spot price charts for gold, silver, and base metals, it serves as a go-to hub for numismatists researching coins, medals, and bullion values.
http://swampster-danteswars.blogspot.com/
Swampster's 'Dante's Wars' is a detailed wargaming blog focused on the military history of the 13th and early 14th centuries, with a particular emphasis on the High Medieval period using the DBMM ruleset. Posts cover painted miniatures in 15mm scale, faction breakdowns, figure comparisons across manufacturers like Mirliton, Donnington, and Legio Heroica, and historical topics ranging from the Crusades to Italian city-state conflicts.
http://toyraygun.com/
Justin Pinchot's personal site dedicated to his collection of toy rayguns, those classic retro sci-fi blasters that defined the space age aesthetic of mid-century pop culture. A niche collector's showcase that appeals to anyone fascinated by vintage toys, space toys, and the kitschy charm of atomic-era novelties.
https://buttonmuseum.org/
The Busy Beaver Button Museum is an online and physical museum in Chicago dedicated to cataloguing over 9,000 pin-back buttons as windows into American cultural history, from political campaigns to advertising and pop culture. With collections browsable by category and decade, special exhibits, and even a Guinness World Record, it is a genuinely fascinating archive for anyone interested in ephemera and material history.
http://hat72.com/
HaT Miniatures is the official index site for a designer of 1/72 and 1/32 scale soft plastic and 28mm hard plastic military miniatures spanning historical eras from the Sword age through WWII. The site serves as an informational catalog of past, present, and future product lines, with sections for painted figures, dioramas, painting tips, and a community forum.
http://rivercitymodelers.org/
River City Modelers is a model railroad club based around their HO scale layout, the River City Western Railroad, featuring over 19 scale miles of track across two levels built since 2009. The club welcomes everyone from beginners to veteran hobbyists, offering opportunities to learn track design, scenery, wiring, and train operations in a friendly community setting.
https://www.ncogtrains.com/
The North Central O Gaugers (NCOG) is a model railroad club based in Mundelein, Illinois, dedicated to running and displaying O gauge trains on their operating club layout. The site features club news, membership info, photos, schedules, and videos, and proudly notes their 2012 MTH Blue Comet Award honorable mention recognition.
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.
https://analogoffice.net/
Anna Havron's Analog Office is a thoughtful blog dedicated to paper-based and hybrid analog-digital productivity systems, covering tools like paper planners, notebooks, index cards, and filing methods. Visitors will find reader Q&A columns, how-to guides, printable templates, and a bookshelf of recommendations for anyone looking to escape digital overwhelm and embrace analog organization.
http://pwrr.org/
The Piedmont and Western Railroad Club, based in Valdese, North Carolina, maintains both an active model railroad layout and the Old Rock School Railway Museum, offering a rich blend of hobbyist and historical railroad content. Visitors can explore prototype images of North Carolina railroads, steam locomotive carvings, narrow gauge car restorations, and resources like railroad station directories covering hundreds of cities and towns.