History
162 sites
http://nyhistory.com/
New York History Net is a comprehensive hub for historians and students of New York State history, featuring curated links to archives, museums, historical societies, genealogy resources, and educational materials. The site also highlights recent scholarly books on topics ranging from Colonial New Netherland to the American Revolution, making it a valuable reference for serious researchers.
https://eatsteas.atabook.org/
This is the guestbook for a personal Neocities-style site called 'eatsteas,' where visitors leave messages praising the creator's shrines and dream journal entries. The guestbook messages hint at a richly decorated personal site with creative features like wooden mannequin decorations and lucid dreaming content.
https://brisray.com/flood
A detailed historical account of the devastating tornadoes and floods that swept across the United States in early 1913, created by hobbyist Ray after discovering period postcards documenting the disaster. The site covers affected communities, meteorological data from January through March 1913, failed bridges, and a postcard collection documenting the aftermath.
http://abandonedcommunities.co.uk/
A fascinating exploration of thousands of towns, villages, and communities across Great Britain that have been abandoned since the Middle Ages, examining the causes of their depopulation from natural disasters to forced evictions. The site combines historical research with firsthand visits, poetry, and paintings associated with these lost places, including works by Turner and Goldsmith's famous 'The Deserted Village'.
https://eugeneleeslover.com/GS-USN-PAGE.html
Gene Slover's US Navy Pages is a comprehensive archive dedicated to preserving US naval history, covering battleships, aircraft carriers, destroyers, submarines, and ordnance documents including rare technical manuals and ordnance pamphlets. Maintained in honor of the late Gene Slover, the site features sailors' stories, Medal of Honor tributes, historical footage, and detailed gunnery range tables spanning decades of American naval warfare.
https://victorianturkishbath.org/
Malcolm Shifrin's exhaustive information exchange documents the origin, development, and gradual decline of the Victorian Turkish bath, complementing his published book on the subject. Online since 1999 and still actively updated, this deep-dive reference covers historical baths across Britain with rich archival detail.
https://links.net/vita/web/start/original.html
A preserved snapshot of Justin Hall's original 1994 homepage, one of the earliest personal websites ever published, served from a PowerBook laptop in a Swarthmore College dorm room. This piece of living web history captures the raw excitement of early hypertext publishing, complete with original link recommendations and commentary that predates the modern web.
https://tenochtitlan.thomaskole.nl/
Thomas Kole's meticulously researched 3D reconstruction brings the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan back to life as it appeared in 1518, using historical and archaeological sources rendered in Blender. The site features an interactive 3D viewer, stunning photorealistic renders of temples, canals, and city districts, and is available in English, Spanish, and Nahuatl.
https://markstoneman.com/
Mark Stoneman is a PhD historian, editor, and German-to-English translator whose blog covers military history, German history, and pointed political commentary rooted in deep historical perspective. Posts range from reflections on WWI and WWII scholarship to sharp critiques of contemporary U.S. politics, all filtered through the lens of a working academic historian.
https://bestiary.ca/index.html
A comprehensive online repository dedicated to the medieval Bestiary, the illustrated Book of Beasts that shaped how people in the Middle Ages understood animals, mythology, and symbolism. Visitors can explore individual beasts, original manuscripts, a digital text library, scholarly articles, and an encyclopedia covering animals in medieval culture.