Miscellaneous
All available database sites
3D NIH
"NIH 3D is an open, community-driven portal to download, share, and create bioscientific and medical 3D models for 3D printing and interactive 3D visualization, including virtual and augmented reality."
Alphametic/Cryptarithm Puzzles
"An alphametic puzzle (also sometimes known as a cryptarithm) is a type of puzzle where words are put together into an arithmetic formula such that digits can be substituted for the letters to make the formula true."
Alternative To
"AlternativeTo is a crowd-sourced and free site that helps you find better apps and services."
Animated Knots
"Animated Knots by Grog is the web’s #1 site for learning how to tie knots. From Boating Knots, Fishing Knots and Climbing Knots to tying a tie, or even Surgical Knots — we’ve got it covered."
"Follow along as ropes tie themselves, showing just the essential steps, so you can master a knot in no time. Jump into any category to get started. If you’re unsure where to begin, try starting with the Basics, our Knot of the Day, Grog’s Blog or check out every knot we’ve got!"
Antique Pattern Library
"This ongoing project is an effort to scan craft pattern publications that are in the public domain, to preserve them, so we can keep our craft heritages in our hands. Most of these scans have been graphically edited to make the images easier for craft workers to see, and to reduce file sizes. They are available, for free, to anyone who wants them, for educational, personal, artistic and other creative uses."
Archive of Our Own
"A fan-created, fan-run, nonprofit, noncommercial archive for transformative fanworks, like fanfiction, fanart, fan videos, and podfic."
Art Deco Cameras
"The aim of this website is to provide information about cameras in my collection that exhibit features that relate to the Art Deco period. They will all show some form of Art Deco styling."
Artbeads Tutorials free
"Learn to Bead with Artbeads.com... At Artbeads.com, we understand the joy and creativity that comes with beading. That’s why we’ve dedicated a special category for everyone eager to learn to bead. Whether you’re a beginner looking to start your journey in jewelry making, or an experienced crafter seeking new technologyniques, our extensive collection of free tutorials is your go-to resource."
Artbeads.com Kumihimo Tutorials
"Explore Traditional Japanese Braiding...Embark on a journey through the ancient art of Kumihimo with Artbeads, where our tutorials seamlessly blend traditional Japanese braiding with the vibrant world of beads. Our step-by-step guides are crafted for both beginners and seasoned crafters, offering everything from basic technologyniques to intricate designs. Enhance your creations with our specially curated selection of beads, perfect for Kumihimo projects. Discover the endless possibilities of braiding with beads and elevate your jewelry-making skills at Artbeads."
Better Homes and Gardens Recipes and Cooking
"Find the recipe you need for any meal or occasion and rest-assured the recipe will work because it’s been tested in the Better Homes & Gardens Test Kitchen. We promise to have something that’ll inspire your weeknight dinners, celebratory desserts, holiday feasts, Sunday brunches, and every single thing in between."
Brown Eyed Baker
"You want to be a rockstar in the kitchen and feel total confidence when you get in there to make something special for your loved ones. You’ve totally got this!"
"But... maybe every time you reach for a new recipe you feel a little scattered and not quite as organized as you’d like to be. Maybe there’s an ingredient called for that you’re not familiar with or you can’t find at your grocery store. Perhaps you just don’t have as much time or kitchen space as you’d like."
"I believe anyone can learn to confidently make recipes worthy of celebration."
Budget Bytes
"Budget Bytes has been teaching people all around the world how to cook with their simple recipes and step-by-step photo instructions. We now have a team of recipe creators, social media masters, and technologyy number crunchers to keep the budget recipes flowing!"
Chromeography
"In praise of the chrome logos and lettering affixed to vintage automobiles and electric appliances — those unsung metal emblems and badges that are overlooked, forgotten, damaged, lost to time or the dump."
Chunkbase
Tool for Minecraft Java or Bedrock players to input world seeds and output the intended location of various world structures.
CK-12
"The CK-12 Foundation was founded with the mission to enable everyone to learn in his or her own way. We pair high quality content with the latest technologynologies. We equip students, teachers, and parents with everything they need. For free."
COLORNAMES
"A collaborative effort to name every color in the RGB/web space."
ComicFury
"ComicFury webcomic hosting is a free, easy to use and advertisement-free tool that will help you easily set up and host a website for your webcomic, without any technologynical knowledge. All you will have to worry about when using ComicFury is actually making the comics, the rest is provided by us."
Cross Stitch Quest
"Free geeky cross stitch patterns and reviews... I want to feel like I’ve contributed to something before I die, and so I cast cross stitch patterns into the ether that is the internet and perhaps one day I will think I’ve done all right. I will shout the things I love at the top of my lungs and hopefully someone will hear me and feel the same."
Cryptarithm Solver
"Tool/solver to resolve cryptarithms, a numeric puzzle which consists in a mathematical calculation in which letters have been replaced by digits to find."
Dafont
"The fonts presented on this website are their authors’ property, and are either freeware, shareware, demo versions or public domain."
DareBee
"Welcome to DAREBEE, an independent global fitness resource. DAREBEE is a non-profit and also an ad-free and product placement-free website. All of the information here has been thoroughly researched and tested and provided free of charge. You can download and print anything – everything is provided in its entirety with no strings attached."
DDoSecrets
"We’re a 501(c)(3) non-profit in the US that archives and publishes hacked and leaked documents in the public interest."
Dinosaur Pictures
"Welcome to the internet’s largest dinosaur database. Check out a random dinosaur, search for one below, or look at our interactive globe of ancient Earth! Whether you are a kid, student, or teacher, you’ll find a rich set of dinosaur names, pictures, and facts here. This site is built with PaleoDB, a scientific database assembled by hundreds of paleontologists over the past two decades."
E-Fauna BC
"E-Fauna BC is a biogeographic atlas of the wildlife species of British Columbia. It includes a significant citizen science data component."
Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon
"This collection of documents is a lexicon of Tolkien’s invented languages, particularly his Elvish languages, which are the most detailed."
Embodi 3d
"We offer the largest, most reputable, and fastest growing library of affordable medical 3D printable models. Search through thounitedstatesnds of models and files, each based on real medical scans, for use in medicine, veterinary practice, and anthropology."
Epocrates
"Since 1998, epocrates has served essential, continually researched and updated clinical content to more than a million users. Get to know the app our clinicians have called "my second brain" and "absolutely essential to modern practice.""
Expat Info Desk
"Explore our professionally written city guides written by expats for global nomads and expatriates. Explore, Live, Enjoy"
Fantasy Kingdom name generator
"Our Quest... From the Forgotten Realms to Tamriel, and from Gondor to Tyrie, we braved all the dangers for you. We traveled all kinds of lands to gather the best name codices and share them with you on our humble pages. We are determined to create the best source of names for your beloved characters, regardless of the cost."
Fontspace
"130,000+ Free Fonts... Free downloads of legally licensed fonts that are perfect for your design projects."
Food.com
"Over 500,000 dishes created by users like you, with fresh recipes added every day
-Easy access to your favorite saved recipes and the option to organize them into boards
-A new activity feed where you can add your reviews, tweaks, questions and photos"
Freegal Music
"Offering over 18 million songs belonging to 200+ genres— including Sony Music’s catalog of legendary artists— Freegal Music+ is one of the most popular library services in the world, and with 200,000 songs added monthly, there’s always something new for listeners to discover. So what are you waiting for? All you need is your library card (and pin number) to join our 2.5 million+ users in browsing through our vast collection of today’s top hits, yesterday’s favorites, and curated playlists made just for you. (Access to Freegal is limited to patrons of subscribing libraries.)"
Freesound.org
"Freesound aims to create a huge collaborative database of audio snippets, samples, recordings, and all sorts of bleeps, ... released under Creative Commons licenses that allow their reuse."
GoFundMe
"GoFundMe is the trusted place to fundraise for what you care about. With no pressure to hit your fundraising goal, but helpful tools to help you reach it, you can confidently start fundraising. Learn step-by-step what to expect—from writing your story and sharing your fundraiser to receiving the money raised."
HALTADEFINIZIONE
"In 2005, we invented a new way to look at art. Explore our image bank and its masterpieces in gigapixel format."
Hoopla Digital
Provides five free digital media borrows per month after the user logs in with a library for which they already have access (generally through a library card).
HORG
"The Holotypic Occlupanid Research Group: A Database of Synthetic Taxonomy".
HugeQuiz
"hugequiz is home to a large number of mostly data-intensive quizzes. The biggest quizzes online!"
Ian's Shoelace Site
"Fun, fashion & science in the Internet’s #1 website about shoelaces – and home of the Ian Knot, the world’s fastest shoelace knot. If you want to lace shoes, tie shoes or learn about shoelaces – this is the place!"
Identify Font
"Identifont was launched in November 2000 to provide designers with a tool to help them identify fonts or select the best fonts for their projects. Since then it has grown to become the largest independent directory of digital fonts on the Internet, with a number of unique tools for locating fonts for particular applications."
Instructables
"Instructables are created by you. No matter who you are, we all have secret skills to share. Come join our community of curious makers, innovators, teachers, and life long learners who love to share what they make."
Journal of British Studies
"We’re delighted to announce that all research articles accepted for publication in the Journal of British Studies from 8 July 2024 will be'open access’; published with a Creative Commons licence and freely available to read online (see the journal’s Open Access Options page for available licence options)."
JSTOR
"Explore the world’s knowledge, cultures, and ideas... Search journals, books, images, and primary sources"
Knitty
"[P]atterns for the people since 2002".
Knock Knock Jokes
"This is one of the largest collections of Knock Knock Jokes on the web, boasting more than 2,500 knock-knock jokes!"
Know Your Meme
"Know Your Meme is a website dedicated to documenting Internet phenomena: viral videos, image macros, catchphrases, web celebs and more."
Learn Religions
"Faith and religion have shaped society throughout history, yet they remain deeply personal topics that sometimes feel challenging to discuss. Our mission at Learn Religions is to help you explore the practices of your own faith, understand your neighbor’s beliefs, and familiarize yourself with the world’s major religions — regardless of your own spiritual background."
LGBT Library
"Library.LGBT is an online resource surrounding Queer/LGBTQIA+ information, topics, health, history, and culture, providing information that is reliable and relevant, and above all, free to access and use."
LGBT Religious Archives Network
"The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Religious Archives Network (LGBTQ-RAN) coordinates and supports the identification, collection and preservation of personal papers and organizational records from lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender religious movements. To encourage scholarly research and historical study of these important movements for social change, LGBTQ-RAN disseminates information about these records and provides and facilitates access to them, using digital technology when possible."
LGBTQIA Wiki
"The LGBTQIA+ Wiki is a resource of LGBTQIA+ terminology and labels used by various queer communities, as well as the questioning and/or curious. The wiki is designed to be a helpful resource for explaining identities both known and unknown."
Live Well Bake Often
"Here at Live Well Bake Often you’ll find hundreds of classic baked goods and desserts that I’ve created in my own kitchen. All of the recipes on my site are tested multiple times to ensure their accuracy. You’ll also find step-by-step instructions and as much detail as possible with each recipe because I want you to have 100% success when you make them. My hope is that Live Well Bake Often will be your ultimate resource for baking. I want you to feel completely confident when it comes to making any recipe on my site – even if you’ve never baked from scratch in your entire life."
Maker World
3D model library/community. Accepts genAI models but requires them to be labeled.
Media History Digital Library
"A free online resource, featuring millions of pages of books and magazines from the histories of film, broadcasting, and recorded sound."
Missing Money
"MissingMoney.com is the official Unclaimed Property website of the National Association of State Treasurers. US State Governments and several Canadian Provinces, through their partnership with the leading, trusted authority in unclaimed property—the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators (NAUPA)—provide this free, safe, and secure site to the public. New properties are added daily, so start your search now and check back often!"
MOGAI Wiki
"This wiki was made to catalog and organize MOGAI identities. Our goal is to provide an easier way to find the definitions, flags, and creators for niche identities which otherwise may be difficult to find. Check out the discover section below to start diving in and learn more about the wiki."
Mogai Wiki
"You’ve landed at the MOGAI Wiki — An inclusive Wiki on Miraheze for every MOGAI identity, where anyone can edit."
Morpho Source
"Find, view, and download 3D data representing the world’s natural history, cultural heritage, and scientific collections. Data are contributed by museums, researchers, and scholars to share findings, increase impact, and improve access to material critical for scientific discovery and the advancement of human knowledge."
My Fridge Food
Provides recipes based off ingredients that you have available. Recipes are submitted by users.
noclip
Searchable database of virtual environments from video games - navigable with a floating camera.
Open Source Innovations
"The mission of Open-Source Innovations is to promote, share ideas, methods, and prototypes for Do-it-Ourselves/DIY adapted mobility devices. There’s a heavy focus in the DME industry on primarily expensive/medical/utilitarian/low performance based mobility solutions . We propose to enable fun and exciting recreational activities through promoting inexpensive performance based adaptive mobility devices."
Patreon
"Patreon is your space to create what excites you most, rough or polished, big or small. Hundreds of thounitedstatesnds of creators use Patreon to share videos, podcasts, writing, art, music, recipes, and more with their most passionate fans."
Project Gutenberg
"Project Gutenberg is a library of over 75,000 free eBooks. Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world’s great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired. Thounitedstatesnds of volunteers digitized and diligently proofread the eBooks, for you to enjoy."
Puzzle Baron Cryptograms
"If you love to solve cryptograms, you’ve come to the right place! We’ve got thounitedstatesnds and thounitedstatesnds of unique cryptograms ready and waiting to be solved. Feel free to play casually as a guest, or, if you’re a more competitive sort, register a free account and be automatically entered in each of our monthly cryptograms competitions!"
Puzzle Baron Logic Puzzles
"Welcome to the world’s largest web site devoted to logic puzzles! We’ve got more than 25,000 unique puzzles available for play, both online and the old fashioned way - with pencil and paper. Feel free to solve online just for fun, or, for an added challenge, register a free account and compete against thounitedstatesnds of other solvers to make it into our Logic Puzzle Hall of Fame!"
Queer Liberation Library
"Queer Liberation Library (QLL) is fighting to build a vibrant, flourishing queer future by connecting LGBTQ+ people with literature, information, and resources that celebrate the unique and empowering diversity of our community."
Quickposes
"Quickposes is a tool for art students, illustrators or anyone who wants to focus on improving their drawing skills. By practicing gesture drawing you will not only get better at recognizing certain aspects of poses, but you will also build a visual library of characters and models."
Reverse Dictionary
"This reverse dictionary allows you to search for words by their definition."
Royal Road
"Royal Road® is the home of web novels and fan fictions! In our amazing community, you can find various talented individuals who write as a hobby or even professionally, artists who create art for them, and many, many readers who provide valuable feedback and encouragement."
RSN Stitchbank
"The Royal School of Needlework created the RSN Stitch Bank to mark its 150th anniversary and continue its founding mission to preserve the art of hand embroidery. The RSN Stitch Bank aims to digitally conserve and showcase the wide variety of the world’s embroidery stitches and the ways in which they have been used in different cultures and times."
"The RSN Stitch Bank is an ongoing project. More stitches will be added regularly and the RSN will be working with partners around the world to include stitches from different traditions."
Sally's Baking Addiction
"I started Sally’s Baking Addiction (now also called Sally’s Baking Recipes) in 2011 as a personal blog. It was just an easy way to share my baking recipes with friends and family. My small hobby blog quickly ignited a passion for food photography as well as a desire to teach others...not just what to bake, but how to bake."
Scryfall
"A powerful Magic: The Gathering card search".
sekai best
Database of information for mobile game Project Sekai.
Sekaipedia
"Sekaipedia is a wiki dedicated to Project SEKAI: Colorful Stage! (????????? ???????? feat.????), a Japanese mobile rhythm game for iOS and Android. Our goal is to give players all the information they need to enjoy the game, such as story and mechanic translations, card stats, and more. Story and character content translations are also found here."
Sheep and Stitch
"Sheep & Stitch is more than just a site for knitting tutorials, patterns and inspiration. It’s based on a larger philosophy that everyone is a creator."
The Cutting Room Floor
"The Cutting Room Floor is a site dedicated to unearthing and researching unused and cut content from video games. From debug menus, to unused music, graphics, enemies, or levels, many games have content never meant to be seen by anybody but the developers — or even meant for everybody, but cut due to time/budget constraints."
The Death Generator
"This creates GAME OVER/YOU DIED screens as seen in Sierra Online’s SCI engine, as well as lots of other fake videogame screenshots from many, many games."
The London Archives
"The London Archives is a free public archive focussing on the history of London from 1067 to the present day. Visit us to explore millions of historical manuscripts, maps, photographs, books and films or enjoy our exhibitions, events and workshops. Entrance is free and everyone is welcome."
The Phrontistery
"Welcome to the Phrontistery! Since 1996, I have compiled word lists and language resources to spread the joy of the English language in all its variety through time and space. A phrontistery (from the Greek phrontistes ’thinker’) is meant to be a thinking-place for reflection and intellectual stimulation. I invite you to explore the various site features relating to language and lexicography, find that half-remembered rare or obscure word you’ve been looking for, or to read and explore essays on language, linguistics, and culture. Have a look around, and enjoy!"
The Useless Web
"The Useless Web... because some websites, we just couldn’t do without."
Theoi
"Welcome to the Theoi Project, a site exploring Greek mythology and the gods in classical literature and art. The aim of the project is to provide a comprehensive, free reference guide to the gods (theoi), spirits (daimones), fabulous creatures (theres) and heroes of ancient Greek mythology and religion."
Unsplash
"The internet’s source for visuals. Powered by creators everywhere."
USA.Gov Unclaimed Money
"How to find unclaimed money from the government. Find unclaimed funds held by the government that might be owed to you."
USPS
"The U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation: Nearly 167 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service generally receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations."
Vatican Archives Digitized Manuscripts
"Welcome! This project is a continuation of the work started by Jean-Baptiste Piggin tracking new manuscripts added to the digitized manuscripts of the Vatican Libraries."
Vintage Crafts and More
"Free Vintage Craft Patterns: Sewing, Crochet, Knitting, Embroidery, Quilting and More!"
VocaDB
"The collaborative database for Vocaloid, UTAU and other singing synthesizers, with artists, discography, PVs and more."
Warfare History Network
"From the armies of ancient Rome and Greece, to the World Wars of the 20th Century and beyond, Warfare History Network’s in-depth articles feature detailed accounts of the battles, the soldiers, the weapons, and much more. In addition, our articles are illustrated with historic photos, paintings, drawings, and maps from museums and historic collections around the world. Our members are a community of serious readers of history that often join in the conversation in our article comments. Join us on a trip to the front lines."
Wiktionary
"Welcome to the English-language Wiktionary, a collaborative project to produce a free-content multilingual dictionary. It aims to describe all words of all languages using definitions and descriptions in English."
WindowSwap
"Open a window somewhere in the world".
Writeups.org
"A collection of profiles for fictional characters from genre media."
Yokai.com
"This is an illustrated encyclopedia featuring ghosts, monsters, and legendary figures from Japan. All of the entries on this site are based on Japanese sources including books, paintings, scrolls, prints, and oral tradition."