Recreation & Sports
563 sites
Subcategories:
- Gardening (38)
- Hobbies (110)
- Sports (15)
- Travel (59)
- Outdoors (36)
- Collecting (166)
- Model Building (139)
https://salinegardenclub.com/
The Saline Stone & Thistle Garden Club is a community gardening club based in Saline, Michigan, with 51 members who have been meeting monthly since their founding in August 1986. The site covers club meeting schedules, member gardens, a pollinator bed project, and an upcoming plant sale, offering a welcoming entry point for anyone interested in joining.
http://chromeoxide.com/chrome.htm
Chrome Oxide's long-running music collectors resource covers bands like Rory Gallagher, Fleetwood Mac, the Yardbirds, and Jeff Beck Group with reviews, reference material, and record swap meet listings. Maintained since 1997 and still updated regularly, the site is a deep dive into vintage and classic rock collecting culture with classifieds, band pages, and music news.
https://seasons.bearblog.dev/
A gentle, reflective blog focused on seasonal rhythms, nature observations, and the small details of each time of year. Posts blend personal walks, microseasons, weather notes, and cozy seasonal activities into a contemplative nature journal.
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.
https://hsquier.tripod.com/
Harriet Squier and Yon deVries share their mid-Michigan flower garden, showcasing dahlias, peonies, lilies, and roses grown in both sunny and shady borders and raised beds. Visitors can browse photos organized by flower type and pick up gardening ideas aimed at minimizing work while staying environmentally friendly.
http://thru-hiker.com/articles/pack_light_eat_right.php
Thru-Hiker.com is a comprehensive resource for long-distance hikers, offering expert articles on lightweight gear, nutrition, water purification, stove comparisons, and trail resupply strategies. Written by nutritionist and hiker Brenda L. Braaten Ph.D., R.D., the site blends scientific rigor with hard-won trail experience to help backpackers go farther with less weight.
https://alongtheray.com/
Ray is a self-described nomad living full-time in a tiny camper and documenting his travels across North America through candid, personal dispatches. The blog spans 65+ pages of adventures, mishaps, and scenic stops, including a vivid account of breaking an ankle while hiking in Kentucky's Daniel Boone National Forest and getting airlifted to safety.
http://trainweb.org/calsomrr
The California Southern Model Railroad Club has been running HO scale model railroading sessions in Norwalk, California since 1984, welcoming both members and the public on Wednesday and Saturday evenings. The site covers club meeting schedules, layout progress photos, open house dates, membership details, and links to YouTube videos showcasing mainline action across their layout.
http://artifaxbooks.com/
The ArtifaxBooks Museum is an online tribute to Tom French (W1IMQ), a renowned telegraph key collector and author who passed away in 2016, preserving his extensive collection of hand keys, bugs, paddles, and historic telegraph instruments in photo form. Originally a publisher of reference books for telegraph collectors since 1990, the site now serves as a virtual museum showcasing pieces from French's collection including Brown Bros company keys, Vibroplex bugs, and instruments tied to legendary telegraph operator Ted McElroy.
https://people.reed.edu/~reyn/transport.html
Robert Reynolds has assembled one of the web's most comprehensive collections of world subway and urban transit maps, organized alphabetically by city and spanning both archival and contemporary examples. Beyond maps, the site links to light rail, tram, and other transport resources globally, reflecting Reynolds' personal collection of physical transit memorabilia spanning decades.