History
162 sites
https://juniorgeneral.org/
Junior General is a free community-driven resource dedicated to teaching history through paper soldier miniatures, tabletop wargames, and interactive classroom scenarios spanning Ancients through Modern conflicts. Visitors can download printable paper miniatures organized by historical era, access battle scenarios like Pearl Harbor and the Korean War, and find articles on historical gaming in the classroom.
https://stonepages.com/
Stone Pages is a comprehensive web guide to megalithic Europe, created by Paola Arosio and Diego Meozzi over 32 years of personally visiting and photographing 529 prehistoric archaeological sites across England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, and Wales. With 7,763 webpages covering stone circles, dolmens, standing stones, barrows, hillforts, and more, it is one of the oldest and most thorough online references for European prehistory, complete with news, tours, a glossary, and a podcast.
https://shipcamouflage.com/warship_camouflage.htm
An online database maintained by Snyder & Short documenting the camouflage paint schemes used on US Navy warships during World War II, including dazzle patterns, haze gray, and ocean gray. Researchers, historians, and scale modelers will find detailed records organized by ship class, with new entries like the Haskell class APAs added regularly.
https://manuscriptminiatures.com/
ManuscriptMiniatures.com is a massive image database of over 16,000 miniatures depicting armoured figures from medieval European manuscripts created before 1450, drawn from 1,526 manuscripts across 19 countries. Researchers and history enthusiasts can search, browse by tags, and explore rare illuminated manuscript images alongside related collections covering effigies, brasses, and aquamanilia.
http://luebben-web.de/marc-bio.htm
A detailed biobibliographical chronology of Ernst Moses Marcus (1856-1928), the Essen-based philosopher and judge known as the 'Krupp der Logik,' compiled by Gerd Hergen Lübben. The page traces Marcus's life year by year, covering his legal career, his philosophical engagement with Kant and Schopenhauer, his published writings, and his connections to figures like Salomo Friedlaender and Raoul Hausmann.
http://hmshood.org.uk/
The H.M.S. Hood Association is a dedicated memorial organization preserving the history of the famous British battlecruiser HMS Hood and honoring the 1,415 crew members lost when she sank in 1941. The site features a detailed ship movements database, crew memorial pages, daily log transcriptions, and information about remembrance events at naval memorials across the UK.
https://voynich.nu/
René Zandbergen's comprehensive reference site dedicated to the Voynich Manuscript, one of history's most enigmatic and undeciphered illustrated texts. Visitors will find deep research, analysis, and imagery related to this medieval mystery that has puzzled scholars and cryptographers for over a century.
http://www.larsdatter.com/sitemap.htm
Karen Larsdatter's sprawling reference site catalogs hundreds of illustrated linkpages covering Middle Ages and Renaissance material culture, from medieval animals and trades to clothing, food, and household objects. The sitemap alone reveals astonishing depth, with curated collections spanning everything from bonnacons and oliphants to SCA-relevant crafts and cross-stitch patterns.
http://mayhem.net/Crime/serial.html
The Internet Crime Archives at mayhem.net is a reference collection dedicated to serial killers, covering psychological profiles, criminal methodologies, and detailed information on notorious cases like Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Charles Manson. Visitors are greeted with an overview of serial killer behavior drawn from criminology and FBI profiling, then directed to a 'Serial Killer Hit List' of documented cases.
https://foodtimeline.org/
The Food Timeline is an exhaustive culinary history reference created by Lynne Olver and now maintained through Virginia Tech University Libraries, tracing the origins and evolution of foods from ancient Rome to modern times. With over 2,300 books in its library collection and thousands of meticulously researched entries, it answers questions like who invented the potato chip and what pioneers ate on the Oregon Trail.