Direct or ease

[a collection of web directories as supplied by Curlie with some Wikipedia thrown in]

2345.com
AbiLogic 
Alan's Sorted Hotlist
Alive Web Directory
Alleba
Apahcinc
Aviva Directory
Beesker
Best of the Web
Blogs Index
Business.com
The Catalogue of Catalogues
Chiff
Chirag
CloudTrip
CoolWebsites 
Croozed
Curlie
Directory Journal 
DOAJ.org
Earth Station Nine
Findelio
Gimpsy
GoGuides.org
Hotfrog
Hotlist
Jasmine Directory
KwikGoblin
Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web
Lifefile
Linkopedia
LOL
New York Public Library Best of the Web 
Peter Ghiringhelli's Weborama 2011
ProgrammableWeb
Robin's FYI
Seven Seek
Single Function
Smart Links
Somuch 
Sources
Startfrom
Starting Point Directory
SteviesTV
Sue's Best Links
TheDaily.com's A List 
Topfivesites.com
Udangus
Virtual Library museums pages
WebLocate
WebReviews.co.uk
World Wide Web Virtual Library (VLIB)
Zappido