50 websites that can turn a “quick visit” into hours of exploring

X.com ^ | August 30, 2026 | Sauda Moni @sauda_coder

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ransomnote: I didn't try all the links, but tested several. I know one link in the list is dead.

Sauda Moni

@sauda_coder

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50 websites that can turn a “quick visit” into hours of exploring

1. http://zoom.earth  — Live satellite views
2. http://flightradar24.com  — Track planes worldwide
3. http://marinetraffic.com  — Track ships in real time
4. http://windy.com  — Live weather & storms
5. http://lightningmaps.org  — Live lightning strikes
6. http://earthquake.usgs.gov  — Recent earthquakes
7. http://submarinecablemap.com  @sauda_coder
— Explore internet cables
8. http://globalforestwatch.org  — Monitor global forests
9. http://worldometers.info  — Live world statistics
10. http://internetlivestats.com  — Live internet stats
11. http://thetruesize.com  — Compare country sizes
12. http://oldmapsonline.org  — Explore historical maps
13. http://davidrumsey.com  — Historical map archive
14. http://openstreetmap.org  — Community-built world map
15. http://window-swap.com  — Windows around the world
16. http://virtualvacation.us  — Virtual city walks
17. http://mapcrunch.com  — Random places worldwide
18. http://atlasobscura.com  — Strange places worldwide
19. http://neal.fun  — Fun interactive experiments
20. http://htwins.net/scale2  — Atom to universe
21. http://eyes.nasa.gov  — Explore space in 3D
22. http://stellarium-web.org — Interactive sky map
23. http://apod.nasa.gov  — NASA’s daily space image
24. http://images.nasa.gov  — NASA image archive
25. http://pudding.cool  — Interactive data stories
26. http://ourworldindata.org  — Global data & insights
27. http://gapminder.org — Understand global trends
28. http://informationisbeautiful.net  — Data visualizations
29. http://data.worldbank.org  — World Bank data
30. http://data.tuik.gov.tr  — Turkey’s official statistics
31. http://archive.org  — Massive digital archive
32. http://gutenberg.org — Free classic books
33. http://openlibrary.org — Explore millions of books
34. http://loc.gov  — Library of Congress archive
35. http://europeana.eu  — Europe’s cultural archive
36. http://dp.la  — America’s digital library
37. http://artsandculture.google.com  — Virtual museums
38. http://rijksmuseum.nl  @sauda_coder
High-res artworks
39. http://wikiart.org  — Online art collection
40. http://publicdomainreview.org  — Historical treasures
41. http://openculture.com  — Free culture & education
42. http://metmuseum.org  — Explore the Met collection
43. http://musicmap.info  — Explore music genres
44. http://radiooooo.com  — Music by country & decade
45. http://listen.hatnote.com  — Wikipedia edits as audio
46. http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:R … — Random knowledge [ransomnote: Link doesn't work]
47. http://timeanddate.com  — Time & astronomy tools
48. http://sciencedaily.com  — Latest science news
49. http://arxiv.org  — Free research papers
50. http://observablehq.com  — Interactive data visualizations

The internet is much bigger than your usual feed.

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[Bob434]

Thanks a lot fella- now im stuck on the metropolitan art site and can’t get out LOL

[nevadapatriot]

They should have added https://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/

[Cedar]

Bookmark

[OKC Patriot]

Here’s one I can spend days with.
It’s Popular Mechanics magazine that is on Google Books.
It has every issue from the very first one up through the current issue.
You can browse by year and month. It’s totally FREE.

https://books.google.com/books/about/Popular_Mechanics.html?id=RdMDAAAAMBAJ

[Sequoyah101]

The old issues have some of the neatest gadget and toy, well, very neat plans well illustrated.

Growing up I subscribed to Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Flying Magazine and Boy’s Life while in Scouts. Sometimes I had Field and Stream magazine.

[dagunk]

That’s a cool list!

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Dear Sir:
I beg to differ.
That is a Seriously Dangerous list.

[goodnesswins]

No Free Republic???

[dfwgator]

Growing up I subscribed to Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Flying Magazine and Boy’s Life while in Scouts. Sometimes I had Field and Stream magazine.

[Liz]

bkmk

[wafflehouse]

~BOOKMARK~

[doubled]

..

[Joe 6-pack]

"Some cave diving expeditions are like that."

It's not entirely uncommon for some people to spend the rest of their lives on cave diving expeditions. I used to be an active spelunker and even a member of the National Speleological Society. But cave diving? Not at gunpoint.

[missthethunder]

Bookmark

[decal]

Free public domain audioboks.

https://librivox.org/

[tet68]

Ref.bump.

[Red6]

Very cool.

I saved several of them.

[Nateman]

Ping for later!

[21twelve]

All it takes is one question.

“Why is my (your item here) not working, and how do I fix it?”

Our HVAC isn’t blowing air out very hard and trying to figure it out before my wife forces me to call an HVAC company in. (”Yeah - it’s fried. But if you order today we can take $3000 off a new system for you.”)

Still was blowing cold air but not very hard. Lots of condensation below the outside unit. 97 degrees outside and very muggy. The web says maybe the condenser coils froze up, so I’m just running the fan with no cooling tonight to see if it thaws out, 80 inside the house. (Have another area of the house that has a separate condenser and that is staying cool, and have it open with a fan blowing towards the rest of the house.)

Just moved and first time owning a place with central air. Lived in the Seattle area for 30+ years. The high there was 74 today.

[chud]

Thanks.