CNN: Cold War - The companion Web site to CNN's 24-episode documentary series is a well-designed, informative resource for anyone interested in the Cold War era.

Flagnet - has much of the information you might want to know about flags.

Gateway to Art History - This is a great find for art history or western civilization teachers! Designed as an online supplement to the text book Gardner's Art Through the Ages, this hotlist's links lead to all the major periods of art studied in most western art history courses.

Global Intelligence Update - a daily dispatch from Stratfor.com, a global news and analysis service with a fiercely independent streak. Each day's mailing is an analytic report of geopolitical, economic, or military events drawn from a different region of the world.

Great American Speeches - Eighty years worth of great speeches are captured here, as well as some interesting exercises for students of speech and American History.

Historical Atlas of World History - A great place to turn to for illustrating a history paper you're writing.

History Channel : Declaration of Independence -  An original copy of the Declaration of Independence sold for $8.14 million in an online auction last week. Fortunately for those of us with shallower pockets, the History Channel's interactive version of this historic document is available online for free. Read biographies of the signers, click through a section-by-section interpretation of the text, learn about preservation efforts, or take a quiz to test your knowledge.

Hyperhistory - is devoted to the idea that history is best learned by understanding synchronoptic concepts. In other words, the site lets you access historical information through a timeline.

Martin Luther King Jr Papers Project - Read through his many speeches and his published articles, discover his life through rich biographies, or take a trip around the Web to the many King‑related sites linked here.

National Women's Hall of Fame - Read the biographies of the 21 women inducted in 1998 or those of the dozens of other past inductees.

Time 100 - The 20th century's movers and shakers in eight categories.

Women.com - offers well-written articles on everything from trimming the holiday fat to financial information and boasts a vibrant interactive community in the form of discussion forums, message boards, and polls.