A gigantic map of all the cool plaques in the world. A project of 99% Invisible.

Point of Discovery

POINT OF DISCOVERY  ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI IS THE MOUTH OF THE WISCONSIN RIVER. THIS IS THE POINT WHERE ON JUNE 17, 1673, PERE MARQUETTE AND LOUIS JOLIET IN TWO SMALL CANOES ENTERED...

  • iowa
  • pike's peak
  • marquette
  • joiet
  • mississippi
  • iowa soil
  • 1673

The Old Military Road

THE OLD MILITARY ROAD FROM FORT HOWARD ON GREEN BAY TO FORT CRAWFORD AT PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, 1835  ERECTED BY THE MILITARY RIDGE CHAPTER DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION  Submitted by @Susannist

    Antone School

    Submitted by @jqmcd

    • dublin
    • pleasanton
    • 1911
    • antone
    • schoolhouse

    Southern Pacific Depot, Danville, California, 1891

    • danville
    • california
    • depot

    Benjamin Albert Imes

    Described as the best-educated minister in all of Memphis in 1880 was a black man, the Rev. Benjamin A. Imes, who was a noted city leader. Imes held two degrees from Oberlin College and was...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Cannon - Salute to USA

    This gun, one of a battery of eleven, at St. Eustatius, N.W.I., on November 16, 1776, fired the first salute by a foreign power to the Flag of the United States. This painting by Memphis...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Hess Triangle

    "Property of the Hess Estate which has never been dedicated for public purposes." This is a triangle at the intersection of Seventh Ave and Christopher Street in New York's West Village. From...

    • hess triangle
    • greenwich village
    • new york

    U.S.S. Arizona Memorial

    Submitted by @WittelLuke

    • wwii
    • pearl harbor
    • arizona

    Moving Shoreline

    • key system
    • emeryville
    • oakland
    • shoreline
    • pier
    • ferry service

    Ron Dellums, 47th Mayor of Oakland

    • prescott
    • oakland point
    • bay area
    • oakland tech...