Recreation & Sports
563 sites
Subcategories:
- Gardening (38)
- Hobbies (110)
- Sports (15)
- Travel (59)
- Outdoors (36)
- Collecting (166)
- Model Building (139)
https://citac-il.org/
The Central Illinois Tropical Aquarium Club (CITAC) is a central Illinois community organization for aquarium hobbyists, holding monthly meetings and connecting members with local fish stores and aquatic suppliers. The site lists club events, member discounts at partner pet shops, and a curated collection of links to aquarium resources, magazines, and online fish markets.
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://circuitron.com/
Circuitron is a manufacturer and seller of electronics specifically designed for model railroads, offering products like the famous Tortoise Slow Motion Switch Machine, grade crossing flashers, detection circuits, sound modules, and specialty lighting. Their 60-plus page catalog covers a wide range of miniature lamps, LEDs, HO scale kits, and custom electronic circuits for hobbyists who want precise, high-quality control systems for their layouts.
http://www.cwrr.com/
Billed as the oldest continually running railroad site on the web, Daniel S. Dawdy's Cyberspace World Railroad has been online since 1994 and covers railroad history, images, puzzles, collectibles, and even debates about the best train movies. Visitors can explore aerial images, prototype drawings, Amtrak schedules, railroad links, and quirky monthly features like oddities and collectible railroad blotters.
https://meteorman.org/
Midwest Meteorites is a collector-focused site offering meteorites and meteorite jewelry for sale, with an emphasis on serving fellow enthusiasts who understand the hobby. The site features photos of available specimens and jewelry pieces, making it a destination for anyone looking to add authentic space rocks to their collection.
http://starshipmodeler.net/talk/index.php
Starship Modeler's discussion forums bring together thousands of scale modelers focused on sci-fi, fantasy, and imaginative subjects like starships, robots, and movie props. With nearly 77,000 posts and over 13,000 members, it serves as a bustling community hub for tips, news, and hobby discussion.
http://gardenstatecentral.com/
The Garden State Central Model Railroad Club is a New Jersey non-profit established in 1963, headquartered at the InfoAge museum in Wall, NJ, dedicated to HO-scale prototype modeling of a fictional railroad running from Jersey City to Scranton, PA. The site features layout progress updates with photos, club history, a handbook, tips and tricks, a scale calculator, and show dates for their annual Holiday Train Show.
https://wamalug.org/
Wamalug is the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area LEGO Users Group, a club for Adult Fans of LEGO that has been meeting continuously since August 1999. The site archives the group's detailed history, documenting over two decades of meetings, events, shows, and displays through painstaking research across Yahoo! Groups archives, Brickshelf, Flickr, and the Wayback Machine.
http://stoygarden.com/
Mike and Sandy Stoy share their Pacific Northwest garden through flower and garden photography, plans, and tips from their property in Bothell, Washington. Visitors can browse seasonal photos of perennials, rhododendrons, roses, dahlias, water gardens, and rock gardens alongside layout plans and a garden book list.
https://trainorders.com/
Trainorders.com is a comprehensive online community for railroad enthusiasts, featuring thousands of photos, videos, and discussion forums covering everything from Western and Eastern US railroads to steam, passenger trains, and international rail. Members can share trackside media, browse a library of historic railroad content, and participate in lively discussions about both real-world railfanning and model railroading.