# History Website **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 1, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-website/158424 "2003-03-01T18:54:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-website/158424/1 "2003-03-01T18:54:48Z")
I’m probably asking for too much, but I was wondering: Is there any credible history website, with an easy search feature? I know the website would have to HUGE in order to encompass the vast amounts of history, so I’m thinking that there isn’t one, but I figured I’d ask anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-website/158424/2 "2003-03-01T19:00:52Z")
[History Channel website](http://www.historychannel.com) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-website/158424/3 "2003-03-01T19:02:28Z")
[http://www.on-this-day.com/](http://www.on-this-day.com/) It has links, too ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-website/158424/4 "2003-03-01T19:49:07Z")
[Discoverer’s Web](http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/index.html) [Smithsonian Institution](http://www.si.edu/) [Eyewitness](http://www.ibiscom.com/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![I\_Brian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c89c15/32.png) [@I\_Brian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Brian)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-website/158424/5 "2003-03-01T20:45:15Z")
What period of history are you looking for? That would help narrow the choices (I have lots of links to ancient/mediaeval sites). ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-website/158424/6 "2003-03-01T22:22:13Z")
[http://www.ehistory.com/](http://www.ehistory.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-website/158424/7 "2003-03-02T20:21:57Z")
Thanks all! To tell the truth, I’m actually suprised that there are history sites out there like these 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-website/158424/8 "2003-03-02T23:14:50Z")
I suggest: [The Authentic History Center](http://www.authentichistory.com/) which has lots of links to artifacts, and Americana. [Museumstuff.com](http://www.museumstuff.com/exhibits/index.html) has links to virtual exhibits, and loads of other info. [This site is packed with American Studies links.](http://www.mnstate.edu/sheumake/research/studentresearch/researchlinks2.htm) [The History News Network](http://hnn.us/) has some good stuff as well.