Society & Culture
883 sites
Subcategories:
- Genealogy & Family History (140)
- Religion & Spirituality (74)
- History (162)
- Philosophy (121)
- Paranormal & Occult (42)
- Subcultures (333)
http://mythencyclopedia.com/
The Encyclopedia of Myths is a comprehensive A-to-Z reference covering mythological figures, legends, and folklore from cultures around the world, including Greek, Norse, Egyptian, African, and Native American traditions. Published by The Gale Group, it offers hundreds of individual articles spanning characters like Achilles, Athena, and Anansi alongside broader topics like Animals in Mythology and Arthurian Legends.
https://ohgenweb.org/
The OHGenWeb Project is a volunteer-driven, entirely free genealogical resource covering all 88 counties in Ohio, offering transcribed census records, tombstone inscriptions, deed records, vital records, and ancestor photos. Part of the larger USGenWeb network, it connects researchers with county coordinators and hosts special projects like the Ohio Tombstone Transcription Project and the Penny Postcards from Ohio Archives.
https://yourghoststories.com/
Your Ghost Stories is a community-driven archive where visitors submit and read firsthand accounts of paranormal encounters, hauntings, and ghost sightings from around the world. The site features famous haunting profiles, paranormal investigator directories, ghost tour listings, and a rich archive of user-submitted experiences dating back to 2006.
https://calculatingempires.net/
Calculating Empires is a sweeping large-scale research visualization by Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler tracing how technology and power have co-evolved since 1500, spanning topics from computation and surveillance to colonialism and military systems. The interactive map invites deep exploration of the interconnected genealogies of technical and social structures across five centuries, making it a remarkable scholarly artifact for anyone interested in the history of technology and empire.
https://alienjigsaw.com/
Alien Jigsaw is an extensive research wiki run by K. Wilson and contributors dedicated to documenting alien abduction experiences, ET contact, non-human intelligences, and UAP sightings with a serious, investigative tone. Visitors will find image galleries of alleged extraterrestrials and hybrids, firsthand abduction accounts, essays by researchers like Richard Bonenfant and Karla Turner, and guides for experiencers navigating ET contact.
http://studiesoftheparanormal.com/
Studies of the Paranormal is a comprehensive reference site covering ghosts, hauntings, EVP, ESP, poltergeists, shadow people, and dozens of other supernatural phenomena with dedicated articles and photo galleries. With sections ranging from beginner ghost hunting to advanced techniques, the Bell Witch, the Bermuda Triangle, and a paranormal dictionary, it aims to be a serious educational resource for those curious about the unexplained.
https://5snb.club/
The personal homepage of 5225225, a dehumanized-aesthetic netizen deeply embedded in hacker, furry, and fediverse subcultures, with contact info spread across Matrix, Signal, Tor onion services, and more. The site features webrings including the Hacker Webring and furryring, a writing group affiliation, and a dense grid of 88x31 buttons from the old-web underground.
http://nieniedialogues.com/
NieNie Dialogues is the long-running personal blog of Stephanie Nielson, a Latter-day Saint mother who shares her faith, family life, and resilience through pregnancy, motherhood, and daily challenges. With an archive stretching back to 2003 and a New York Times bestselling book to her name, the site blends heartfelt religious reflection with candid updates on her large family.
https://tilde.club/~arcelan
A minimalist tilde.club member page by arcelan, featuring a French-language welcome and a philosophical quote by Stéphane Edouard. The page is nearly empty aside from webring navigation links, offering little content beyond its participation in the tilde community ecosystem.
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.