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Rabbit holes

Internet Rabbit Holes

For the moment one interesting thing turns into ten open tabs. Follow an odd story through Atlas Obscura, get lost in TV Tropes, or browse the smaller web with Wiby.

8 sites
  1. Atlas Obscura A map and archive of strange, overlooked and wonderful places.
  2. TV Tropes An aggressively cross-linked encyclopedia of storytelling patterns.
  3. Damn Interesting Long-form stories about historical details you probably never encountered elsewhere.
  4. The Pudding Visual essays where interaction does part of the explaining.
  5. Wayback Machine Travel backwards through saved versions of the web.
  6. Every Noise at Once Explore a sprawling map of music genres, preserved from Spotify data in 2023.Genre map is a 2023 snapshot, not a current catalog.
  7. neal.fun A collection of polished interactive experiments built around one strong idea at a time.
  8. Wiby A search engine that prefers smaller, older and hand-made corners of the web.