Society & Culture
883 sites
Subcategories:
- Genealogy & Family History (140)
- Religion & Spirituality (74)
- History (162)
- Philosophy (121)
- Paranormal & Occult (42)
- Subcultures (333)
https://jack-dawlia.neocities.org/
Jack-dawlia's cozy corner of the web features a yuri-loving, furry-adjacent creator who makes tiny gifs and participates in multiple webrings including the furry ring and cat folk webring. The site is still under construction but already showcases a playful personality with accessible design touches and a growing collection of custom site buttons.
http://openhymnal.org/
The Open Hymnal Project is a freely distributable database of Christian hymns, spiritual songs, and prelude/postlude music available for download as PDFs, MIDI files, MP3s, and ABC Plus source files. With multiple seasonal editions including Christmas, Lent/Easter, and a Visitation Edition designed for bringing music to the sick, this is a remarkable labor of love for congregations and musicians seeking open-source hymnody.
https://philosophybasics.com/
An extensive reference site covering the full breadth of philosophy, organized by branch, historical period, school of thought, and individual philosopher. Visitors can explore everything from ancient Stoicism and Platonism to modern Existentialism and Post-Structuralism, with entries on hundreds of thinkers from Aristotle to Wittgenstein.
https://oldradio.com/
Oldradio.com, maintained by Barry Mishkind 'The Eclectic Engineer,' is a comprehensive broadcast archive dedicated to the history of radio, drawing on FCC files, university sources, and historical publications to separate fact from industry myth. Visitors can explore a deep table of contents, mailing lists for professional broadcasters, and a companion resource called the Broadcasters' Desktop Reference.
https://koyanthrope.neocities.org/
Koyanthrope's 'Coyote of Autumn Grove' is a personal site dedicated to therianthropy and nonhuman identity, where the creator explores their life as a coyote-identified individual through writings, resources, and archived stories. Equal parts personal journal and community library, the site offers reflections on alterhuman identity alongside links, webrings, and contributions from the broader alterhuman community.
https://surnamesupersearch.com/
Created by Ian Mold, this site aggregates free genealogy search engines covering over 9 billion records across passenger lists, census data, cemetery records, military rosters, and immigration databases from dozens of countries. It serves as a one-stop directory for family history researchers, linking to major resources like Ellis Island, Castle Garden, RootsWeb, and the Mormon Church's International Genealogical Index.
https://alexander.illinoisgenweb.org/cox/immanuellutheran.html
Part of the ILGenWeb project for Alexander County, Illinois, this page documents the history and photos of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Cairo, tracing its founding in 1866 by German immigrant settlers through its decades of pastors and renovations. It includes rare interior photographs, a detailed congregational history written by church historian Mrs. H. Brinkmeyer, and notes on early founding families like the Lohrs, making it a valuable resource for local and genealogical research.
https://thevampireproject.blogspot.com/
The Vampire Project is a research portal dedicated to vampires in all their forms, covering folklore, mythology, historical writings, otherkin materials, and cryptids related to vampiric traditions. Visitors will find blog posts exploring everything from newly unearthed Bram Stoker stories to academic analyses of vampire evolution in popular culture.
https://justpaste.it/WiLdOccultEbooks
Created by 'One of Many of One,' this is an extensive curated link directory of occult ebook sources, covering forums, search engines, web libraries, torrent proxies, and specialized collections ranging from Rosicrucian texts to witchcraft archives. It serves as a comprehensive jumping-off point for anyone seeking esoteric, metaphysical, and occult literature across the open and dark web.
https://ful4n.bearblog.dev/
Ful4n is an Arabic-language personal page with a distinctly old-web spirit, encouraging visitors to 'be strange on the internet' and featuring a notebook, webrings, and a quirky warning about government informants in online communities. The site has since moved to a new address, but this Bear-hosted version captures its playful, countercultural tone with a minimalist aesthetic and an embedded audio player.