Society & Culture
883 sites
Subcategories:
- Genealogy & Family History (140)
- Religion & Spirituality (74)
- History (162)
- Philosophy (121)
- Paranormal & Occult (42)
- Subcultures (333)
https://fukounaglr.neocities.org/
Fuko's personal Neocities room is a vibrant, chaotic old-web-style homepage featuring webrings, autoplay audio, and a content warning covering topics like drug use, cartoon gore, and mental illness. Built in Phoenix and hosted on Neocities, it reflects queer internet culture with a deliberately handcrafted aesthetic and plenty of personality.
https://space-bar.neocities.org/bulletinboard
Space Bar is a quirky personal hub styled as a retro space-themed bar, featuring a bulletin board packed with curated links to queer, indie, and alternative corners of the web. The site leans heavily into LGBTQ+ community resources and countercultural destinations, with sections for a jukebox, arcade, and webrings including a Transmasculine Pride Webring.
https://decayedg1rl.neocities.org/
DecayedG1rl's personal corner of the web sports a glitchy, decayed aesthetic with a frames-based layout that nods to early internet design sensibilities. The site's name and styling suggest a cyberpunk or dark net-art influenced personal page with a strong old-web underground vibe.
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://phocks.org/stumble/creepy
A curated list of 136 unsettling Wikipedia articles spanning urban legends, historical atrocities, medical oddities, mysterious phenomena, and strange deaths. Compiled by phocks, this page serves as a rabbit-hole guide for anyone who enjoys the darker and stranger corners of human knowledge.
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://knightsofthebath.com/
The Descendants of the Knights of the Bath Hereditary Society brings together men and women who can trace their lineage to knights invested in the ancient Order of the Bath, serving the King or Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. The site offers membership application information, genealogy resources for tracing Knight of the Bath ancestry, and outlines the society's patriotic and historical mission to preserve the memory of these noble ancestors.
https://azgw.org/
AZGenWeb is a free genealogical resource dedicated to Arizona family history, serving as a gateway to county-level genealogy sites across the entire state. Part of the larger USGenWeb project, it offers county records, historical maps, and archives to help researchers trace their Arizona ancestors.
https://sprt93.tripod.com/
The Society for the Promulgation of the Religion of Thelema (S.P.R.T.) runs this curated webring connecting high-quality sites dedicated to the Law of Thelema, the spiritual philosophy associated with Aleister Crowley. Unlike broader Thelemic webrings, this one maintains strict quality standards and focuses exclusively on sites whose primary purpose is spreading Thelemic teachings.
https://hope.net/
HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth) is the official site for one of the longest-running hacker conferences in the world, held in New York City and associated with 2600 Magazine. Now registered as a 501(c)(3) non-profit, the organization is actively planning HOPE 26 and inviting speakers, contributors, and community members to shape its future.