American Museum of Natural History: Hey kids, now that you're on holiday, why don't you increase your knowledge by visiting some virtual museums? Yeah, they're a drag compared to those naughty sites you've been sneaking into, but just give this great place a try and you might just find yourself hooked. With links to permanent halls like 'Rose Center for Earth and Space and New Hayden Planetarium', 'Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth', 'Personalities in Paleontology' and 'Timelines', the site offers you a fascinating look at the world around us from time immemorial and gives you an idea of where we're from, where we are and where we're going. There're loads of fabulous pictures which, unlike those at the forbidden sites you've hanging out at, load pretty fast. For an immediate idea of the content, just click on the site map and pick the topics that interest you. If something like 'Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou' doesn't grab you, then check out the original Codex Leicester Manuscript by Leonardo... NOT DiCaprio but daVinci. Other interesting offerings include 'Body Art: Marks of Identity', 'Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition' and 'Epidemic! The World of Infectious Diseases'.

Angel of Fashion: What are the best fashion sites on the Web? Go here for the answer to that. Not only does this directory serve as a portal for cool fashion links, it also narrows down your search for anything fashion-related with neat main and sub-categories. For instance, you can go straight to 'Jewelry-Accessories' and troll through 45 sites offering such things as jewellery, scarves, ties, belts and handbags, or check out the 30 links at 'Lingerie' which give you a great overview on the latest underwear. The main page comes with such tags as 'Hall of Fame' (most interesting big-name fashion sites), 'Cool Hall', 'Designers', 'Modeling and Beauty', 'Alternative Fashion' and 'Fashion Zines', giving you instant access to whatever you're looking for. You can also use a search box or just click on 'Random Link' for a surprise site. Almost every link and feature is individually rated and it's all quite professionally put together so you don't have to worry about long waits to get what you want.

The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: If, like me, you became fascinated by the true story of the pair of man-eating lions of Tsavo, Kenya, after seeing the movie The Ghost And The Darkness, you would have hungered to know more about these terrifying creatures. If you have the time, read the book about the "maneless male lions that killed nearly 130 people in the late 1800s" by Lt Col John H. Patterson, on which the film was based, but for instant gratification, this is the site to head for. Not only do you get the facts in crisply and concisely written snippets, you can also see pictures of the real lions, stuffed to look almost exactly like they did when they roamed the African wilderness in searh of human prey, on permanent exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Natural History. You'll get a spooky feeling right from the 'blinking cat eyes' main page, and once you click on 'Enter', the introduction page loads up with a menu box on the right that offers quick access to features like 'Tsavo Legends', 'Lion Facts', 'Defend Yourself', 'Close Escapes', 'Hunting Hunters' and 'End of Terror'. I won't spoil your surprise by giving too much away but just be prepared to be awed and amazed by some of the things you discover.

PersonaLogic, Inc.: Local Web designers specializing in multi-topic guides should take a look at this American portal which helps ordinary people make decisions like which car to buy, which pet to get for a kid and which laptop computer would fulfil your needs. It is fast-loading and user-friendly -- the kind of homepage you'd want to keep going back to just to cram your head with all sorts of delightfully useless information like which are the most feature-loaded DVD players on the market and what kind of frame material is widely used for full-suspension mountain bikes costing less than US$1,000. And if you love to cook, you can "sift through almost 1,700 recipes to find the perfect dish". Yes, it's that widely diversified, and categories like 'CarMatch', 'Recreation', 'Date Planner', 'Exercises', 'Animals', 'Life Decisions' and 'Fashion' prove the incredible breadth of subject matter dealt with.

Popular Mechanics Homepage: Looking for car maintenance tips, like how often you should change the engine oil and how to tell if your battery is toast? Then this is possibly the best Web resource for the home mechanic. But since the main page, which besides the 'Automotive' section also offers links to 'Technology', 'Home Improvement', 'Science', 'Outdoors' and 'What's Hot' features, is rather slow-loading, you'll find it easier to go straight to the Car Care page. From there it's just a matter of clicking on 'Car Clinic', 'Maintenance Basics' or 'Saturday Mechanic' to find out how to keep your vehicle in tip-top shape. Once you're through with the maintenance aspects though, you might want to check out the entire 'Automotive' section which offers marvellously informative pages on 'New Cars and Trucks', 'Spy Reports', 'Concept Cars', Project Cars'. 'Technology', 'Collector Cars', 'Motorsports' and 'Owner Reports'.

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