

Paintings (and other display art)! Extra points if you can get them locally sourced. Let the interior decorator in you change the paintings every few months, and cycle these things around.
Hiking/climbing/skating equipment, as fits local environment.
Bike and motor repair tools.
Reusable pest traps (best if they are catch+release).
(also household tools, but wise lemmings already mentioned that.)
I feel better about betting on political events than the stock market. At least the events are real, no?
The probabilities actually mean something eventually, while the stock value is never grounded (until it is $0).