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.
http://www.airraidsirens.com/

Antique Mouse and Rat Traps
Photographs and information about collecting, and researching them as a hobby.
http://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.
http://home.comcast.net/~znhakim

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Coachbuilt Prams
A collection of coach built prams or baby carriages and their restoration. Lots of images and descriptions.
http://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.
http://homepage.eircom.net/~lawe/

Collectors Tech
British collector of electronic devices, calculators, radios, and watches.
http://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.
http://www.collectspace.com/

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

The Daily Newspaper Collection
Individual collecting front pages of daily newspapers. The site contains the catalogue.
http://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.
http://www.drainspotting.com/

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

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

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

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

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

Frogs Collectors' Corner
Around 100 frogs, from all around the world, with images.
http://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.
http://www.gamewelldiaphone.com/main.php

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.
http://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.
http://www.handcuffs.org/

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

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

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

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

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

The Lost Photo Gallery
A collection of lost photos and passport photos, found on the street and in other random locations.
http://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.
http://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.
http://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.
http://oldroads.com/

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

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

My Flashlight Collection
Images of an flashlight collection.
http://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.
http://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.
http://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.
http://www.oozinggoo.com/

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

Penguins Everywhere
A personal penguin collection, features figurines, snowglobes, Christmas ornaments and plush.
http://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.
http://chris0602.de/pigeonrings/

Pocket Calendars
This site is dedicated to a collection of pocket calendars. Includes links, images and reasons to collect pocket calandars.
http://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.
http://www.geocities.com/signemickey/ripleyindex.html

Rubberband Ball Miettinen
A rubberband ball website. This Finnish one is in need of donations.
http://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.
http://members.aol.com/cuddleelf/rubberba.htm

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

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

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

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

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

Scratch Ticket Collecting
Scotttie's Australian Lotology page.
http://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. Information on donating rubber bands, and Sergei's statistics.
http://www.rubberbandball.s5.com/

The Sneaker Net
Collection of over 150 sneakers (most of them Nike) - pictures.
http://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.
http://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.
http://www.stegeo.de/

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

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

Swingline Owner's Group
Stapler collections.
http://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.
http://www.talkingclocks.net/

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

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

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

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

Vintage Coachbuilt Prams
Classic coachbuilt prams, how to restore them and keep them for generations to come.
http://perfectprams.co.uk

Virtual Mercury Arc Rectifier Museum
Photographic collection of Mercury rectifiers and associated electronic glassware includes interesting pictures, information and links.
http://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.
http://www.thewaistcoatman.org.uk/

World Beach Sand
Collecting tips, trading links and general information on sand collecting.
http://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.
http://www.blacksteel.com/hcs.html