The Buhl Planetarium Miniature Railroad and Village: - - Now called the "Carnegie/Buhl Science Center Miniature Railroad and Village" - has been an indispensable Holiday tradition around Pittsburgh for over half a century. Begun as a home putz in the 1940s, it has grown into a behemoth of scenes and animated figures - now on display almost the year 'round. Click on, come in and have a look around. The whole history is here. Tons of pictures, too! The ultimate putz - so popular it saved the Buhl Planetarium and built the succeeding Science Center. - -

The Collector's Weekly - - The Collector's Weekly is an online collectibles newsletter of all categories and marvelous link to all kinds of other terrific collectibles sites (Check out their website "Hall of Fame!")- and collected accesses to hobby and craft material sites as well. It's a "Grand Central Station" for us all.

Kruger Street Toy & Train Museum:...Located in Wheeling, West Virginia, the museum showcases thousands of toys, trains and dolls in a beautifully restored Victorian schoolhouse! Guided tours, several operating train layouts, interactive displays, a unique giftshop, and more! Fully handicapped accessible, and fun for the entire family!

The Antique Christmas Lights Museum:... - - Finest photo-history of Christmas lights on line .. if lights are your interest, you need go no further. George Nelson has continued in the tradition of the site created by his now departed brother Bill, which he still maintains. (see below)

Bill's Antique Christmas Light Site:... - - While Bill Nelson was still with us, the finest photo-history of Christmas lights on line. Still as rich as ever. Now maintained by his brother George.

Wishbook Web:... - - Nothing matches the nostalgia of going through an old Sears or Ward's or Spiegel Christmas Wishbook from your childhood days. Here is an ever growing collection of these rare old catalogs on a website where you can do just that.... page after page after page. Some serious downloading time may be involved, but that's all it will cost you - just the time.

Big Indoor Trains: This is a wonderful site for those who love putzes AND trains. This link takes you directly to Paul's exposition on "Glitterhoues," and his references to both my own and Antoinette Stockenberg's sites, but look around in there. Lots and lots of happy stuff!

Old Newark Memories: ...An interesting history site about Downtown Newark's dimestores and departments stores.

Howard Lamey's Houses and kits: ...Howard custom makes his own special styles of houses to order, even offers kits and and plans and plenty of tips so that you can make your own.

Schenning Antiques & Collectibles: Craig Schenning scours the world for old catalogs of the prewar period and makes them available to us as quality reprints on paper or on CD ROM. These cover items of great interest to toy, Xmas, Halloween, doll, and train collectors- as well as the items of everyday living with hardcore information of indesputable accuracy. This is a time machine source of rock-solid information. Hollywood prop masters and set decorators take notice!

Santa Land! - - A great site chock full of stories, graphics, cards and all kinds of links to other Christmas goodies. First Christmas site on the web, since 1991.

The ANTIQUES ALMANAC, by Bob Brooke: - - A site full of antiques, including Christmas - and links to other goodies.

Tacky Christmas Yards Police: - - - This stuff is hilarious, but it's kinda sad, too.

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