Hooray for Humans!
The Web is wide, wild and often unwieldy, so I certainly appreciate any attempts to organize and tame its mass of information. The StartSpot network of websites does an admirable job of concentrating and classifying a universe of information on a given topic. And they use real, live human experts to assess and evaluate sites! For example:
BookSpot contains tons of book and author info, book discussion guides, advice on buying and selling books, etc.;
TripSpot has links to just about anything related to travel and trip planning;
GiveSpot facilitates charitable giving and activism.
And every Spot contains sections with fun facts and trivia (i.e., how many seeds are on the average strawberry?).
More well-organized, human-powered sites include the Librarians' Internet Index and the Open Directory Project.