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Alcatraz
The National Park Service's official web site for the infamous island prison.
 
Ancient Stones of Scotland
If Stonehenge intrigues you, visit this site which pictures and briefly describes hundreds of ancient stone circles and cairns in Scotland.
 
America's Story
A fun American history site created by the Library of Congress.
 
Crown of Africa: Unlocking the Secrets of Mt. Kilimanjaro
Learn all about Africa's highest peak: the history and geology and what it takes to summit.
 
The Degree Confluence Project
From the site: "The goal of the project is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location. The pictures and stories will then be posted here."  Sample the variety of Earth through these photographs, and tales of how the photographers got there!
 
Interpret
A Net publication: "Interpret is about telling your story, your way."  People from all walks of life write their stories, fiction and poetry.
 
Wired Antarctica
From the site: "In these pages, you will learn about the fragile environment of Antarctica, the science that takes place there and the people who actually like working in this cold place."
 
Youdraw: Humanity at Human Proportions
The homesite for a project that attempts to visually express exactly how large the world's population is (over 6 billion).  

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Entertainment & Leisure

The Sports Cliche List
 

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Arts & Literature

Jazz
An online companion to Ken Burns' series includes bios of famous jazz musicians including sound clips, a timeline of jazz history, and an exploration of important jazz scenes.
 
Narnia.com
The site for all things Narnia: background on C.S. Lewis, timelines of the Chronicles, a map of Narnia and more!

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The Sciences

The American Institue of Physics: Center for the History of Physics
Virtual exhibits on Marie Curie and Albert Enstein are particularly interesting.

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Serendipity

Absolute Trivia
Random trivia, quotes, and even a "totally trivia search engine"!
 
Cool Site of the Day
This site picks a cool site every day and allows you to vote on exactly how cool (or uncool) it is. At the end of the year they let you vote on Cool Site of the Year. This site also has cool sites under specific categories. This should be your first stop for web surfing!!

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All About You!

Chesskids Academy
Learn how to play chess through these online lessons that teach the basic strategies of chess.
 
CyberTeens
Artwork and writing by teens along with reviews of YA books and music, an much more!
 
Printz Award for Excellence in YA Literature
The winners and honor books are listed for this new award.

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