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101 Interesting Websites to Explore
Browse the hand-picked games, creative tools, learning resources and unusual websites behind the random website generator. Choose one directly or spin the wheel.
weird websites
15- Cat BounceCats bounce around. You can make more fall. The brief was short.
- Eel SlapDrag an eel across a face. No context, no explanation, just one highly motivated eel.
- Endless HorseA horse whose legs keep going as you scroll. Geometry has resigned.
- Find the Invisible CowFollow the sound and find an invisible cow. The web sometimes has wonderfully bad ideas.
- Koalas to the MaxClick circles that split until they reveal a koala. Patience pays in marsupials.
- Library of BabelAn imaginary library containing every possible combination of letters. Good luck finding your novel.
- MapCrunchDrop into a random place on Street View. Surprise tourism, with no suitcase or cancellation insurance.
- Museum of Endangered ColoursA museum of colors and pigments whose stories are more fascinating than they sound.
- Neal.funA drawer full of tiny web experiments—the kind of site that makes you lose track of time without apologizing.
- Pointer PointerMove your mouse, wait, and someone somewhere will point exactly at your cursor. Useless, therefore important.
- The Useless WebA button that sends you to a useless site. A roulette inside the roulette, with admirably absent logic.
- ThisissandPour digital sand in colorful layers. A sandbox, but without ruined socks.
- WindowSwapLook through someone else's window somewhere in the world. Just creepy enough, but mostly calm.
- ZomboA cult 1999 page promising that anything is possible with enough enthusiasm.
- ZoomquiltA hand-drawn infinite zoom, perfect for testing how long your brain is willing to keep falling.
play websites
15- Cookie ClickerClick a cookie, then machines that click cookies, then question your choices.
- 2048Slide the tiles, add the numbers, and promise to stop after the next move.
- GeoGuessrGuess where you are in the world from a street image and your relative intuition.
- itch.ioAn independent platform full of strange, tender, short, or wildly ambitious games.
- LichessPlay chess online, practice, and watch games without advertising.
- Little Alchemy 2Combine things to make other things. Science, if it had been invented by a browser tab on a lunch break.
- Minesweeper OnlineClassic Minesweeper in the browser, calm right up until the wrong click.
- Draw a Perfect CircleDraw a perfect circle and discover how insulting perfection can be when it is three pixels away.
- Infinite CraftCombine elements to build the world, then build things nobody asked for.
- The Password GameCreate a password while following increasingly absurd rules. Security has a vivid imagination.
- ConnectionsGroup sixteen words into four categories, some of them genuinely devious.
- Quick, Draw!Draw badly, let an AI guess, then accept that your duck looks like a chair.
- SandspielA particle sandbox where things burn, fall, grow, and do particle things.
- Universal PaperclipsMake paperclips and discover how far a simple idea can become unsettling.
- WordleFind the word of the day in six tries, then think about it longer than necessary.
learn websites
15- Earth NullschoolVisualize the planet's winds in real time. Weather, presented like a scientific crystal ball.
- Khan AcademyFree lessons for learning math, science, economics, and much more.
- KurzgesagtAnimated videos about science, society, and the universe, featuring very serious birds.
- MathigonAn interactive space for exploring mathematics through objects, puzzles, and visualizations.
- MIT OpenCourseWareMIT courses and resources available to everyone, with no enrollment or intimidating blackboard.
- NASA EyesExplore planets, space missions, and the solar system through an interface that makes you want to zoom everywhere.
- Nicky CaseInteractive explanations for complicated ideas. The kind of site that makes you say: oh, right.
- Our World in DataCharts and articles for understanding the world's major changes through data.
- The Scale of the UniverseTravel from the microscopic to the cosmic and watch your brain recalculate its place in the room.
- Seeing TheoryProbability made visual. Finally, a place where statistics make an effort to dress well.
- 100,000 StarsExplore nearby stars in your browser. A polite reminder that your deadlines are tiny.
- The PuddingVisual stories that turn data into beautifully behaved little internet objects.
- 3Blue1BrownVisual explanations that make mathematics surprisingly easy to watch.
- WikipediaThe free encyclopedia where a simple question can become a three-hour expedition.
- WolframAlphaA knowledge engine that calculates, compares, and answers rather particular questions.
create websites
15- Are.naA space for visual collections and ideas, far from feeds that desperately want to keep you scrolling.
- AwwwardsA showcase of award-winning sites, showing what the web does when it wants to leave the frame.
- Bruno SimonA portfolio you visit by driving a little car, because a menu was too conventional.
- Chrome ExperimentsVisual and interactive web experiments, some of which look like they grew in a tab laboratory.
- CodePen PicksSelected front-end creations. An aquarium of people making CSS speak far too well.
- CodropsExperiments, tutorials, and front-end demonstrations showing what a browser can do.
- CoolorsExplore color palettes and finally find the blue that does not look like the other 400 blues.
- ExcalidrawDraw diagrams together in a deliberately hand-drawn style.
- FigmaA collaborative space for drawing interfaces, prototypes, and ideas together.
- HaikeiGenerate SVG shapes, waves, and textures to give your interfaces some character.
- Oimo WorksSmall interactive visual experiments. It looks like your browser took a strange art class.
- PatatapTap the keyboard and turn your keys into sounds and animations. A piano for people who refuse lessons.
- PhotopeaA full image editor right in the browser, useful when Photoshop has stepped out for some air.
- SquooshCompare and compress images with an interface that makes bytes almost fun.
- SilkDraw glowing symmetrical shapes and pretend you have mystical talent for 45 seconds.
watch websites
10- Google Arts & CultureVirtual tours, digitized artworks, and cultural stories from around the world.
- Google DoodlesAn archive of Google logos turned into small tributes, games, and experiments.
- LetterboxdA social diary for rating, sorting, and discovering films with far too many opinions.
- Louvre CollectionsExplore artworks and objects from the Louvre's collections online.
- The Met CollectionArtworks from every era and region brought together in the Met's digital collection.
- Astronomy Picture of the DayOne image of the universe every day, with an explanation that puts your worries back in perspective.
- The Public Domain ReviewArchives, images, and old texts. The internet's attic, with better dust.
- Short of the WeekA selection of short films for discovering a complete story in under an hour.
- The Kid Should See ThisSmart, curious videos for kids, adults, and adults who never returned their curiosity.
- Tiny Desk ConcertsArtists play in a small office and prove that a good song does not need a big stage.
listen websites
10- A Soft MurmurMix rain, wind, waves, and coffee. Give your tab a dramatic weather soundtrack.
- BandcampDiscover and support independent artists, album by album, in an endless music library.
- Every Noise at OnceA huge map of music genres. Yes, your next favorite genre probably already exists.
- Incredibox DemoCompose with little beatbox singers. The studio is tiny, but it has style.
- MixcloudDJ sets, shows, and music selections for letting someone else choose the next hour.
- Music-MapEnter an artist and discover their musical neighbors. A compass for escaping your Spotify loop.
- myNoiseSound generators for working, sleeping, or pretending to be in a cabin during your emails.
- Radio GardenSpin the globe and listen to a local radio station somewhere on Earth, as if the internet had one giant antenna.
- RadioooooChoose a country and a decade to hear its music. A time-travel trip that fits in one tab.
- SomaFMIndependent internet radio for a quiet night, focused work, or a mental escape.
wander websites
10- Atlas ObscuraA global guide to strange places. Plan a trip, or just collect improbable destinations.
- City WalksFilmed walks through cities around the world, for traveling without moving or paying eight euros for coffee.
- Earth ViewSatellite landscapes of Earth that sometimes look like abstract paintings.
- iNaturalistIdentify and share plant and animal observations with a community of curious people.
- Marginalia SearchAn independent search engine that highlights small sites instead of giant storefronts.
- Neocities BrowseBrowse hand-built personal sites made by today's residents of the small web.
- OpenverseA search engine for finding images and sounds under open licenses.
- what3wordsEvery three-meter square in the world gets three words. A map that turns space into a strange sentence.
- WibyA search engine for the small web, personal pages, and sites that are not trying to sell you something.
- WindyExplore wind, rain, and temperatures on an animated map. Weather with a turbo button.
surprise websites
11- System 7.appA classic Macintosh recreated in the browser, with windows, icons, and beige nostalgia.
- GifCitiesSearch GIFs rescued from old GeoCities pages.
- Hacker NewsLinks and discussions about technology, ideas, and the small details behind big systems.
- Internet ArchiveA giant library of the web, books, software, and digital memories that refuse to die.
- Internet ArtifactsA small museum of web relics. Like visiting ruins, except the ruins still have GIFs.
- oldweb.todayExplore old sites with old browsers. Vintage web, complete with creaky joints.
- Space Jam 1996The original promotional site for the film, still standing with its tiny buttons.
- Wayback MachineRevisit old versions of vanished sites, forgotten pages, and regrettable designs.
- WebampAn audio player inspired by Winamp, because a playlist sometimes deserves a retro interface.
- Windows 93A fake retro operating system packed with mini-apps, games, and intentional bugs.
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