Out of the Ordinary

Air Raid Sirens - Information on air raid sirens and other siren and warning devices. Features photos, sounds, projects, restoration, forum, and links.
www.airraidsirens.com/

Antique Mouse and Rat Traps - This site includes photographs and information about collecting, and researching them as a hobby.
people.hws.edu/cicciarelli/trapic1.html

Antique X-Ray Tubes and Accessories - A large collection of antique X-ray tubes and accessories, with images and information.
home.comcast.net/~znhakim

Arenophile (Sand Collecting) - A start point for sand collectors.
www.arenophile.com/

Aviation Safety Cards - A website with the aircraft safety cards collection of Aaron Yan(Singapore).
www.freewebs.com/aviationsafetycards/

Backscratcher - Collection of more than 130 Backscratchers.
www.members.tripod.com/Gideon_Weiss/

Bakelite - Dedicated to all collectors of Bakelite and other associated old plastics.
bakelite_world_2001.tripod.com/

Bakelite and Plastic Museum - Bakelite kitchen and homeware, radios, clocks, jewelry, and cameras. Each item has its comprehensive description. Includes images, books, links.
home.planet.nl/~kockpit/

Bakelite Museum - A history of the plastic, backgrounds and a small collection. Site in German and English.
users.surfnett.de/bofe/

Brandon's Siren Site - Photos, information, and links, including storm damage photos.
www.geocities.com/brandonssirensite/

Bryan's Rubber Band Ball - Pictures, statistics and guest book.
rubberbandball.5u.com/

Business Card Collecting - Business card collecting facts, fun, and information. Links to business card collectors and traders around the world.
www.ibccsite.com/

Cabin Safety Cards - A list of safety cards collected from airliners around the world.
www.angelfire.com/empire/an887/

Car Brochures - A private collection of classic and modern car brochures from around the world, includes for sale list, links, and images of the collection.
www.plums.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

Cliff Muskiet's Stewardess Uniform Collection - Thumbnailed photograph galleries of uniforms worn by airline staff.
www.uniformfreak.com/

Coachbuilt Prams - A collection of coach built prams or baby carriages and their restoration. Lots of images and descriptions.
www.freewebs.com/coachbuiltprams/

Collecting Crest & Monogram Albums - A personal site exploring and presenting research findings on the forgotten pastime of crest and monogram albums. Presented by Edward J Law.
homepage.eircom.net/~lawe/

Collectors Tech - British collector of electronic devices, calculators, radios, and watches.
www.collectorsworld.i12.com/

collectspace.com - Source for information on space history, space artifacts, and space memorabilia. Learn where astronauts will appear, browse collecting guides, and read original space history-related daily reports.
www.collectspace.com/

Covers To Discover - A picture collection about manhole covers. Accepts submissions. [English and French].
www.covers-to-discover.com/

The Daily Newspaper Collection - Individual collecting front pages of daily newspapers. The site contains the catalogue.
home.arcor.de/rluning/papcol.htm

Drainspotting - Encouraging people to look down and check out the metal work at foot-level. Pictures and frequently asked questions. Accepts submitted photographs.
www.drainspotting.com/

Elefant's Home - A large collection of pictures of elephants, including stamps, greeting cards and book covers.
www.geocities.com/elefant.geo/

Fantastic Bandaid Collection - A colorful personal collection of the bandaids. Included are images, links and history.
www.funbandaid.com/

Fish Posters of the World - Photos, links and other information on all sorts of fish posters.
www.fishposters.com

Flashlight Museum - History of flashlights and images of flashlights with information.
www.geocities.com/~stuarts1031/flashlight.html

FlashlightMuseum.com - Online museum of antique, classic and new flashlights.
www.flashlightmuseum.com/

Fool of the Hills Garden Gnomes - Gallery of gnomes and links.
www.angelfire.com/on3/gnomes/main.html

Frogs Collectors' Corner - Around 100 frogs, from all around the world, with images.
www.frogs.it

The Gamewell Diaphone Web Site - A collector of information and devices showcases the distinctive public warning horns. Information, images and history are featured.
www.gamewelldiaphone.com/main.php

GeekT - Geek History through T-Shirts. The history of technology is best told through the t-shirts that were made during the development process. Users contribute pictures of their shirts along with their histories.
geekt.org/

Globes of the 20th Century - Informational site for collectors of 20th century terrestrial globes. Globe manufacturers, how to date a globe, globe bibliography, globe links and a photo gallery of typical 20th century globes.
www.20thcenturyglobes.com/

Handcuffs.org - A collectors guide to vintage handcuffs, featuring a gallery of handcuffs and related restraints as well as feature articles on handcuff collecting, Houdini and his fellow escape artists of the past.
www.handcuffs.org/

Icebox Memories - Collection of memorabilia associated with the way ice was harvested, stored and finally delivered in the early 1900s.
www.iceboxmemories.com/site/sub1.htm

Jeff's Date Nail Page - An illustrated, comprehensive site on railroad tie date nails. Included is general information on nails, the club, the e-mail newsletter, and the book.
facstaff.uindy.edu/~oaks/DateNailInfo.htm

Justbakelite - A brief biography on Leo Hendrik Baekeland with pictures of bakelite as well as links.
home.iprimus.com.au/shanejackson/

Land of Noz - All about collecting antique garden hose nozzles.
www.centuryinter.net/robinsnest/nozzles/

Lava Lamps - Provides basic information on lava lamps as well as how to make one.
www.lavalamps.org/

The Lost Photo Gallery - A collection of lost photos and passport photos, found on the street and in other random locations.
www.lost-passport-photos.co.uk

ManHole.ca - Fine Sewer Art - Photographs sent in by visitors of various manhole covers from all over the world, as well as history and links.
www.manhole.ca

Maytag Club - A California and Federal Non-Profit Corporation Dedicated to the preservation of the Maytag History and restoration of their products.
www.maytagclub.com/

Menotomy Vintage Bicycles - Site contains two on-line vintage bicycle databases and 6 Discussion Areas with topics on vintage bicycle pricing, dating and restoration.
oldroads.com/

Modern Moist Towelette Collecting - Homepage for the Modern Moist Towelette Collecting Newsletter.
members.aol.com/MoistTwl/index.htm

My Bandaids - This site contains images of an extensive bandaid collection and a listing of the people that have made contributions to it.
mybandaids.tripod.com/

My Flashlight Collection - Images of an extensive flashlight collection.
hometown.aol.com/charnes5

The Nailhunter - A pictorial guide to date and pole nails. Collecting date nails is considered to be closely related to insulator collecting.
nailhunter.ehost.com/

Old Spice Collectibles - Contains detailed research on Old Spice for Men products: mugs, and bottles. Also reports on eBay sales of Old Spice items.
www.cr8on.com/

Oozin' Goo - Information about lava lamps including history and profile of the inventor, formulas for making your own lamps, a vintage lamp photo gallery, and link to message forum.
www.oozinggoo.com/

Paper Watermarks - Collection of paper watermarks, with images and information about watermarks, and links to related resources. English and Español.
www.watermarks.info/indexi.htm

Penguins Everywhere - A personal penguin collection, features figurines, snowglobes, Christmas ornaments and plush.
www.geocities.com/jbpinga2003/

Pigeon ring collector - Enthusiast in Germany features racing rings and ownership cards from all over the world. Includes photos and contact details.
chris0602.de/pigeonrings/

Pocket Calendars - This site is dedicated to a collection of pocket calendars. Includes links, images and reasons to collect pocket calandars.
www.kalendariki.net/uk/homeframe.html

Ripley's Believe It Or Not Collectors' Site - His fascination with the weird and unusual has made Mickey Ivanovitch one of the world's largest collectors of Ripley's Believe It Or Not memorabilia.
www.geocities.com/signemickey/ripleyindex.html

Rubberband Ball Miettinen - A rubberband ball website. This Finnish one is in need of donations.
www.melankolia.net/pallo/index.en.html

The RubberBand Ball Room - Step by step guide to creating a rubber band ball. Personal bios, and links to friends pages.
members.aol.com/cuddleelf/rubberba.htm

Rubberband Man - Provides information on starting a rubberband ball and has images of ongoing projects.
rubberbandman0.tripod.com/

Safety-Cards - An extensive collection which includes a complete alphabetical listing, images and a trade list. Site in German and English.
www.safetycards.de/

Sand Collecting - Everything you could possibly want to know about sand collecting, and a few things you might not.
www.sand-collecting.org

The Sand Collector - A guide to collecting sand, includes information on storage and collecting.
www.sandcollector.org

Sandcollection - Site about Sand, trading sand - including pictures, scans, newspaper articles about sand and a download section.
www.uecmoedling.at/sand/english.html

Sands - Sand collecting site. Offers to exchange samples of sand. Site is in Italian and English.
digilander.libero.it/tafa1/

Scarf Collector - British information for collectors of ladies scarves. Includes photographs.
www.scarfcollector.myby.co.uk

Scratch Ticket Collecting - Scotttie's Australian Lotology page.
www.scottware.com.au/tickets/index.htm

The Sergei Rubber Band Ball Project - Project owner is trying to build a very large rubber band ball named Sergei. Go to this sit for information on donating rubber bands and Sergei's stats.
www.rubberbandball.s5.com/

The Sneaker Net - Collection of over 150 sneakers (most of them Nike) - pictures.
www.thesneaker.net/

Solid Perfume - A free informational forum for collectors of solid perfume compacts. Includes a message board, searchable photo database and buying and selling area.
www.solidperfume.com/

Stegeo - A fairly eclectic collection consisting of stud boxes, roller blotter, bakelite boxes and dishware. Site consists of images and some text in English and German.
www.stegeo.de/

Straitjacket Floats - Collectors guide to straitjackets. A guide for Houdini fans everywhere.
members.tripod.com/sjfloats/

Straitjacket Page - Pictures, links, and sources related to straitjackets.
sj.blacksteel.com/

Swingline Owner's Group - Stapler collections.
www.vgg.com/swingline/

Talking Clocks - A collection of talking clocks. The site contains: photo galleries, some history of clocks that talk and interesting links about time.
www.talkingclocks.net/

Tara Quest - Resources, pictures, and information about the Tara Ceiling Fan by Southern Fan Co.
www.geocities.com/mt_spiffy/

Tissue Box Cover Collection - A collection of unusual tissue box covers.
members.tripod.com/nkim2/tissue.html

Treasure Jar - Dedicated to a family's collection of miscellaneous junk that is found on streets and sidewalks.
www.treasure-jar.com/

Vintage Ceiling Fans - A collection with images, descriptions and links.
www.geocities.com/ada19851985/index.html

Virtual Mercury Arc Rectifier Museum - Photographic collection of Mercury rectifiers and associated electronic glassware includes interesting pictures, information and links.
www.tigercom.dsl.pipex.com/

Waistcoat Man - A collection of waistcoats and three-piece suits, including images and a place for other collectors to meet.
www.thewaistcoatman.org.uk/

World Beach Sand - Collecting tips, trading links and general information on sand collecting.
www.geocities.com/worldbeachsand/index.html

Yossie's Handcuff Collection - A personal collection of Handcuffs, Leg Irons, and other insitutional and historical restraint devices. Includes resource links page, patent papers, function animations, and books.
www.blacksteel.com/hcs.html