Vintage Danelectro New!
This site is as cool as the Nat Daniels’s designed Danelectro guitars and amplifiers that grace its easy-to-navig… [read review or visit site]
Phoenixmasonry Masonic Museum
The numerous jewelry sections of Phoenixmasonry.org's Masonic Museum hold fraternal treasures bestowed upon Blue Lo… [read review or visit site]
The Vintage Knob
The Vintage Knob is an extensive resource on all types of audio electronics organized by manufacturer, from Aiwa to… [read review or visit site]
Chips Etc.
Computers are upgraded more frequently than fashion, which means there’s a lot of obsolete hardware out there for… [read review or visit site]
Morning Dress Guide
The morning coat is the epitome of men’s formal daywear. With its horizontal seam at the waist, cutaway skirt, an… [read review or visit site]
Vintage Girl Scout Online Museum
Nancy Fedor White’s amazing Girl Scout site covers everything from the history of this terrific organization to t… [read review or visit site]
Pyrex Love
If you love Pyrex then you’re sure to enjoy Pyrex Love. Navigating the site via the long list of text links on th… [read review or visit site]
The Richard Balzer Collection
The magic lantern section of The Richard Balzer Collection covers the machines, images, and cultural artifacts rela… [read review or visit site]
MyVintageVogue
The history of 20th-century women’s fashion largely played out in the pages of magazines such as “Harper’s Ba… [read review or visit site]
Zenith Stratosphere: Behind The Dial
David Wilson’s handsome site is obsessed with Zenith's top-of-the-line 1934 console radio, which cost a whopping … [read review or visit site]
Watchophilia
Lisa Andrew’s Watchophilia dives deep on Bulova wristwatches, with more than 500 examples to peruse. Bulovas are … [read review or visit site]
American Motels
This fun site has a simple mission: To show off as many postcards as possible of 1950s and '60s American motels. Or… [read review or visit site]
Corvette History
The Corvette History section of the Motorera website offers photographs and specifications (including prices, which… [read review or visit site]
Combat Helmets of the World
Peter Suciu offers a comprehensive collection of military headgear from around the world. He showcases a big collec… [read review or visit site]
National Carousel Association
Since 1973, the National Carousel Association has been dedicated to preserving and restoring carousels and carousel… [read review or visit site]
The Dog Jewelry Museum
Deb Schneider’s online museum features more than 700 pieces of dog-themed costume jewelry, from butterscotch Bake… [read review or visit site]
The Alfred Whital Stern Collection
Housed at the Library of Congress, this extensive assortment of Lincolniana ranges from original political cartoons… [read review or visit site]
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
The somber bookend to the JFK Museum is the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, where the 35th Pre… [read review or visit site]
Bag Lady University
Bag Lady University is the place to learn about handbag makers from Adrian's, which made Bakelite bags, to Whiting … [read review or visit site]
Elvis Presley Record Research Database
The Elvis Presley Record Research Database takes a big subject, The King of Rock ’n’ Roll, and boils it down to… [read review or visit site]
Kodakcollector.com
If there’s a heaven for Kodak cameras and ephemera, it’s probably to make it into Charlie Kamerman’s vast col… [read review or visit site]
Retro Tech Geneva
A Swiss blogger name Adwoa creates “typecasts,” which are blog posts typed on a typewriter, then scanned and po… [read review or visit site]
Machines of Loving Grace
Taking its name from a 1985 poem about the last Smith-Corona made in the United States, Alan Seaver’s handsome ty… [read review or visit site]
Mr. Martin’s Typewriter Museum
Mr. Martin has got to be the coolest 6th-grade teacher in the San Diego area. He collects bicycles, computers, calc… [read review or visit site]
California Perfume Company
The California Perfume Company, as well as the famous brand it became, Avon, is the focus of Rusty Mills’ compreh… [read review or visit site]
What if Kirby
Most comics websites focus on the colorful covers, and why not? But Tom Kraft’s homage to Jack Kirby takes the gr… [read review or visit site]
Flowoflava.com
One of the most iconic objects of the 1960s was the lava lamp, whose multi-colored bubbles of wax rose and fell to … [read review or visit site]
Costume Collection, National Museum of American History
Women’s dresses are the most requested objects in the Smithsonian’s 30,000-piece Costume Collection, so the ins… [read review or visit site]
The Online Guide to Traditional Games
For James Masters, the games people play go well beyond chess and croquet, although both are covered in detail at h… [read review or visit site]
YesteryearsTools
Author Tom Lamond’s YesteryearsTools focuses on axes and other edge tools, from spokeshaves to hatchets, produced… [read review or visit site]
Patrick's Blood and Gore
This encyclopedic and occasionally irreverent site is the be-all and end-all for collectors of Stanley planes. Patr… [read review or visit site]
The Disstonian Institute
In the 1940s, an estimated 75 percent of all handsaws sold in the United States were Disstons. Erik von Sneidern’… [read review or visit site]
A Millers Falls Home Page
Randy Roeder has carved out a niche for himself with his fine website devoted to the history of the Millers Falls C… [read review or visit site]
The Coins and History of Asia
T. K. Mallon-McCorgray really loves Near Eastern, Persian, Indian, Central Asian, and Chinese coins, dating from 60… [read review or visit site]
Coins of Roman Egypt
The focus of Michael J. Covili’s well-organized website is Alexandrian coinage under the Romans. You can search f… [read review or visit site]
Historia
PeterD’s Historia goes deep on ancient Roman coins (there are about 400 of them), but he also gives Greek coins t… [read review or visit site]
Megolike.com
When it comes to describing action-figure giant Mego’s competitors, Lou Melograna of Megolike.com minces no words… [read review or visit site]
The Lincoln Cent Resource
Coin sites are known for their attention to detail, but few are as obsessive as The Lincoln Cent Resource, which is… [read review or visit site]
Jedi Temple Archives
The Force is strong in this website, which is an amazingly comprehensive guide to “Star Wars” action figures, v… [read review or visit site]
The Beachhead
Mark Wright’s G.I. Joe site, The Beachhead, has everything a fan of the original action figure could want. Click … [read review or visit site]
If These Shirts Could Talk: The Tantalizing Tales Behind Used Clothes
The mysterious packages kept arriving, some from eBay, others from the Home …
Jockeying for Position: How Boxers and Briefs Got Into Men's Pants
Just as underclothes are shielded from public view, the evolution of men's most intimate apparel is shrouded in secrecy. But the story of men's underwear is about more …
Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes
The meerschaum pipes carved in Eastern Europe at the end of the 19th century are among the most bizarre and improbable concoctions in decorative art. Some feature …
In the Hot Seat: Is Your Antique Windsor a Fake?
While researching her book, "Killer Stuff and Tons of Money," Maureen Stanton came across all sorts of characters. For years, she shadowed her antiques-dealer friend …
Love at First Kite: How Pizza and Pente Led to One Oklahoman's High-Flying Obsession
Vintage kites from all over the world hang from the ceiling and walls of Richard Dermer’s popula…
Blood, Sweat, and Steel: My Afternoon with the Ace of Swords
“When I got this sword, it was completely covered in blood rust.” Sword maker Francis Boyd is showing me yet another weapon pulled from yet another …
'The Great Gatsby' Still Gets Flappers Wrong
Have you heard? There’s a new swell in town named Gatsby, and he’s bringing flapper flair back into fashion. Baz Luhrmann’s latest cinematic spectacle—his take on “Th…
Say Ahhh: An Oral Surgeon's Quest to Reimagine the Garage-Band Guitar
It’s not unusual for men of a certain age to have a soft spot in their hearts for the look of vintage guitars and the sound…
Forget TV Pickers, Meet the Real Mavericks of the Antiques World
Long before Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz swaggered into the spotlight with "American Pickers," writer Maureen Stanton …
Coveting The Craziest Cat-People Collectibles
The memes are endless—Grumpy Cat, Nyan Cat, Keyboard Cat, Maru, and all the Lolcats. Last year even witnessed the first ever Internet Cat Video Fe…