Society & Culture
883 sites
Subcategories:
- Genealogy & Family History (140)
- Religion & Spirituality (74)
- History (162)
- Philosophy (121)
- Paranormal & Occult (42)
- Subcultures (333)
https://avenue4strangerz.nekoweb.org/
A quirky personal homepage on Nekoweb that proudly embraces the old-web aesthetic, complete with autoplay music, flashing graphics, and a deliberate desktop-only experience. The site's self-described 'awkward' identity and retro web sensibilities make it a small but characterful corner of the indie web revival.
https://dna-explained.com/
Run by Roberta Estes, DNAeXplained is a deeply detailed genetic genealogy blog covering DNA testing, inheritance patterns, ethnicity calculations, and how to use tools like Y-DNA, mitochondrial DNA, and X-DNA to discover your ancestors. With hundreds of posts, guides on specific ancestral groups like Acadians and Native Americans, and tutorials tied to platforms like FamilyTreeDNA, this is an exceptional resource for anyone serious about DNA-based ancestry research.
https://sugarangel.neocities.org/
Sugarangel is a pastel-drenched personal site built around kawaii aesthetics, Sanrio, san-x, and Japanese street fashion subcultures like gyaru and lolita. The webmaster describes it as 'webcore' meets PictoChat, featuring a blog, shrines, and a guestbook with a constantly evolving design.
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://contemporary-home-computing.org/art-and-tech/not
Net artist and educator Olia Lialina presents a lecture-essay examining the role of Media Theory in art and technology universities, critiquing how corporate language replaces meaningful terms like 'computer,' 'interface,' and 'users' with sanitized substitutes. The piece is richly footnoted and draws on Flusser, Kittler, and other media theorists while weaving in Lialina's own research into 1990s web culture and new media literacy.
https://kidwiththechemicalz.neocities.org/
A personal corner on Neocities by 'kidwiththechemicalz', active since 2021 and now winding down with a farewell note hinting at a possible rebrand. The name and aesthetic suggest a Chemical Romance or alt/emo subculture influence, making it a snapshot of that corner of old-web personal expression.
https://bunkergordel.be/
Created by Luc Van de Sijpe, this Belgian site meticulously documents the bunkers, military fortifications, and war structures of the Ghent bridgehead region, covering both World War I and World War II sites across East Flanders. Visitors will find bunker maps, coordinates, walking routes, casualty lists, and detailed accounts of military history from the Atlantic Wall to Cold War-era shelters.
https://reducing-suffering.org/
Brian Tomasik's extensive essay collection dives deep into the ethics of reducing suffering across all sentient beings, including farm animals, wild animals, insects, and far-future beings. With dozens of carefully researched pieces covering consciousness, moral philosophy, charity cost-effectiveness, and welfare biology, this site is a substantial intellectual resource for anyone interested in effective altruism and animal ethics.
https://johnsoncoks.cottonhills.net/
Johnson County KSGenWeb is a free genealogy and history resource for Johnson County, Kansas, offering hundreds of pages of county records including births, deaths, marriages, court records, census data, biographies, and cemetery gravestone photos. Part of the USGenWeb Project and maintained by volunteers since 1995, this site is an invaluable archive for anyone tracing family roots in the Olathe, Kansas area.
http://granite-in-my-blood.blogspot.com/
Granite in My Blood is a dedicated genealogy and cemetery research blog focused on gravestone photography, surname research, and ancestral lines spanning Rhode Island, Scotland, and beyond. The creator digs deep into family histories including the Aiken, Stewart, Parmenter, and Mayflower-connected lines, offering tips on cemetery research and gravestone symbols alongside personal ancestral discoveries.