Apr 18, 2013 6:30 AM

Gallery: Internet Archaeology: Behold the Most Hilarious Abandoned Websites

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space-jam
[The site for the 1996 live-action/animated film *Space Jam*](http://www2.warnerbros.com/spacejam/movie/jam.htm) is galactic in its retro-ness.
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02
heavens-gate
In 1997, 39 members of the group Heaven's Gate died in a mass suicide. [This site remains](http://www.heavensgate.com/).

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03
dole-kemp-96
[The Dole/Kemp campaign site.](http://www.dolekemp96.org/) from the 1996 election.
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04
mallrats
The [still-standing site for Kevin Smith's *Mallrats*](http://viewaskew.com/mallrats/) invites visitors into a virtual mall.

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05
cern-venus-project
The [still-live site](http://venus.web.cern.ch/) for CERN's Venus project, which was terminated in 1999.
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06
youve-got-mail-2
This [site for 1998's *You've Got Mail*](http://youvegotmail.warnerbros.com/) looks like it was updated the last time you heard that phrase come from your computer.

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07
crash-bandicoot-warped
The [page for *Crash Bandicoot: Warped*](http://www.crashbandicoot3.com/), which was released in 1998.
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08
ghost-towns
As of this writing, ironically, only a few dozen people have visited the [Ghost Towns web site](http://www.ghosttowns.com/) since 1998.

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09
mikes-bong-cabinet
[Mike's Bong Cabinet](http://www.internetarchaeology.org/foretwentyyet/My_bong_cabinet.html) is one of many pages cataloged by Internet Archaeology.
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10
valentine
The [amazingly retro site](http://valentinemovie.warnerbros.com/) for the 2001 Denise Richards vehicle *Valentine*.

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11
the-best-page-in-the-universe-2
George Ouzounian (AKA Maddox) has purposefully made very few design changes to the [Best Page in the Universe](http://maddox.xmission.com/) in the 15 or so years since it launched.
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12
a-i-3
[The web site for the movie *A.I.*](http://aimovie.warnerbros.com/), which at the time of its release had a massive ARG leading up to its premiere.

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