Society & Culture
883 sites
Subcategories:
- Genealogy & Family History (140)
- Religion & Spirituality (74)
- History (162)
- Philosophy (121)
- Paranormal & Occult (42)
- Subcultures (333)
https://theriddleages.com/riddles/collection
Riddle Ages is a scholarly resource dedicated to early medieval riddles, offering translations and commentaries on collections such as the Exeter Book, Aldhelm's Riddles, and the Bern Riddles. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and developed at the University of Birmingham, it brings together contributions from multiple researchers and even includes translations into languages like Bosnian, Indonesian, Italian, and Spanish.
http://german-navy.de/index.html
Created by Michael Emmerich, this comprehensive reference site documents the history of the German Navy across multiple eras, including the Hochseeflotte (WWI High Seas Fleet) and the Kriegsmarine (WWII). Visitors can explore detailed ship lists, historical records for individual vessels and their commanders, scale model photos, and raytracing specials spanning decades of research.
https://kygenweb.net/
KYGenWeb has been preserving free Kentucky genealogy records since 1996, offering access to over 750,000 pages of county histories, biographies, cemetery data, obituaries, newspaper clippings, and school yearbooks spanning more than two centuries. Organized by all 120 Kentucky counties and maintained by dedicated volunteers, it serves as a comprehensive hub for anyone tracing Kentucky family roots.
https://okgenweb.net/
OKGenWeb is the Oklahoma chapter of the USGenWeb Project, providing free online genealogy resources organized by all 77 Oklahoma counties and Indian Territory tribal nations. Researchers can explore records covering cemeteries, marriages, military service, slave narratives, land openings, and Native American heritage spanning dozens of tribes.
https://orbis.stanford.edu/
ORBIS is an interactive geospatial network model of the ancient Roman world, built by Stanford scholars Walter Scheidel and Elijah Meeks, allowing users to calculate travel routes across the Roman Empire by road, river, and sea. Visitors can explore travel times, costs, and distances between hundreds of Roman sites using historically grounded transportation modes, making it an extraordinary research tool for historians and classical scholars.
https://akgenweb.whalen-family.org/
AKGenWeb is a volunteer-run genealogy portal covering Alaska's family history, organized by borough and census area, and serving as the official state chapter of the USGenWeb Project. Visitors can search records, find research aids, and contribute their own pieces of Alaskan ancestry to help build a comprehensive free resource for genealogists.
http://aleph.se/Trans
Anders Sandberg's comprehensive transhumanism resource hub covers life extension, cryonics, nanotechnology, mind uploading, and the technological singularity across five organized spheres of interest. A rich reference for anyone exploring posthuman philosophy, the site bridges cutting-edge science with speculative futures and links to the broader transhumanist community.
https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/
Developed by Penn State University Libraries in collaboration with multiple Pennsylvania institutions, this archive provides searchable full-text access to more than 80 historically significant newspaper titles from across the Commonwealth. Spanning from Pennsylvania's colonial roots to the present, it allows researchers to browse by title, date, or city across all 67 counties.
http://dreamgate.com/pomo
Richard Catlett Wilkerson's 'Postmodern Dreaming' applies the works of Deleuze, Baudrillard, Lacan, Derrida, and other continental philosophers to the critical analysis and interpretation of dreams. The site offers a substantial collection of original essays, bibliographies, and resources exploring dreamwork through poststructuralism, semiotics, and critical theory.
https://softt0ne.neocities.org/
Softt0ne's personal site comes with a candid content warning covering yaoi, swearing, mental health, autism, drugs, and unfiltered rambling from its self-described 'crazed madman' creator. The index page sets an irreverent, chaotic tone that promises frequent updates and a distinctly queer internet-underground sensibility.