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

Hooks Brothers Photography Established in 1907

Covering much of the 20th century, the company chronicled and documented the history and lives of black Memphis and Memphians. Among the subjects and luminaries captured on film by the Hooks...

Covering much of the 20th century, the company chronicled and documented the history and lives of black Memphis and Memphians. Among the subjects and luminaries captured on film by the...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Fowler Pear Tree

FOWLER PEAR TREE  PLANTED AS PART OF AN ORCHARD CIRCA 1868 A. D. JACOB D. FOWLER, WHO WITH HIS PARTNER MORRIS H FROST, CLAIMED AS A HOMESTEAD THIS MAJOR PORTION OF THE AREA WHICH NOW, COMPRISES...

FOWLER PEAR TREE  PLANTED AS PART OF AN ORCHARD CIRCA 1868 A. D. JACOB D. FOWLER, WHO WITH HIS PARTNER MORRIS H FROST, CLAIMED AS A HOMESTEAD THIS MAJOR PORTION OF THE AREA WHICH NOW, COMPRISES...

  • mulilteo
  • 1863

St. Anthony's Hall

ST. ANTHONY'S HALL The ancient hall of the guild of St. Anthony which was founded prior to 1418 and dissolved in 1627. From 1705 to 1946 it housed the York Blue Coat Boys' School. Submitted by @slashdotat

ST. ANTHONY'S HALL The ancient hall of the guild of St. Anthony which was founded prior to 1418 and dissolved in 1627. From 1705 to 1946 it housed the York Blue Coat Boys' School. Submitted by @slashdotat

  • york
  • guild
  • anthony

Temple Judea

    École Polytechnique massacre

    By Bobanny, Public Domain, Link

    By Bobanny, Public Domain, Link

    • montreal
    • massacre
    • 1989
    • engineering

    The Sydney-Emden Action

    Submitted by Big M Tours.

    Submitted by Big M Tours.

      Municipality of Mosman

      Submitted by Big M Tours.

      Submitted by Big M Tours.

        Mast of HMAS Sydney

        Submitted by Big M Tours.

        Submitted by Big M Tours.

          Ships and Sailors Lost in the Defence of Australia

          Submitted by Big M Tours.

          Submitted by Big M Tours.

            From the GPO to the Harbour

            Submitted by Big M Tours.

            Submitted by Big M Tours.

              CU Folsom Field - Fred Folsom sculpture

              FATHER OF COLORADO UNIVERSITY FOOTBALLFRED FOLSOM 1873-1944In 1895, Fred Folsom was named head football coach at the University of Colorado. That year, he coached CU to the first of three...

              FATHER OF COLORADO UNIVERSITY FOOTBALLFRED FOLSOM 1873-1944In 1895, Fred Folsom was named head football coach at the University of Colorado. That year, he coached CU to the first of...

              • football stadium
              • boulder
              • university colorado
              • statue
              • bust
              • campus

              Red Rocks Amphitheatre

              RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATREPRINCIPAL CONSTRUCTION BY THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATIONCORPS COMPANY 1848, SP-13C MT. MORRISON, CO.1936-1941DEDICATED AS A MEMORIAL TO ALL WHO SERVED ATMT. MORRISON AND TO THE 3...

              RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATREPRINCIPAL CONSTRUCTION BY THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATIONCORPS COMPANY 1848, SP-13C MT. MORRISON, CO.1936-1941DEDICATED AS A MEMORIAL TO ALL WHO SERVED ATMT. MORRISON AND TO THE 3...

              • concert venue
              • city park
              • denver
              • morrison

              Grand Canyon National Park

              Submitted by Darren Platt

              Submitted by Darren Platt

              • grand canyon
              • common inheritance

              William Forsythe

              William Forsythe 1854-1935  Indiana artist and teacher; member of the Hoosier group influential in Indiana and the World of Art.  Studio and residence located at 15 South Emerson (on diagonal...

              William Forsythe 1854-1935  Indiana artist and teacher; member of the Hoosier group influential in Indiana and the World of Art.  Studio and residence located at 15 South Emerson (on...

              • indiana
              • artist

              To Commemorate the Establishment of the Town of Lovisville 1780

              TO COMMEMORATE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TOWN OF LOVISVILLE 1780.  ON THIS SITE STOOD FORT NELSONBVILT 1782 VNDER THE DIRECTION OF GEORGE ROGERS CLARK AFTER THE EXPEDITION WHICH GAVE TO THE COVNTRY...

              TO COMMEMORATE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TOWN OF LOVISVILLE 1780.  ON THIS SITE STOOD FORT NELSONBVILT 1782 VNDER THE DIRECTION OF GEORGE ROGERS CLARK AFTER THE EXPEDITION WHICH GAVE TO THE COVNTRY...

              • lovisville
              • lewis and clark
              • kentucky
              • fort nelson
              • 1780

              Hosea Holcomb, “Alabama’s first church historian"

                HOSEA HOLCOMBE 1780-1841 "Alabama's first church historian"In 1840 he published his study, HISTORY OF RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE BAPTISTS IN ALABAMA. Also an evangelist and missionary. In 1818...

                HOSEA HOLCOMBE 1780-1841 "Alabama's first church historian"In 1840 he published his study, HISTORY OF RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE BAPTISTS IN ALABAMA. Also an evangelist and missionary. In 1818...

                Catie Copley

                Dedicated to the memory of Catie Copley, Fairmont Copley Plaza's beloved Canine Ambassador Catie was originally trained by the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind.  Developing small cataracts in...

                Dedicated to the memory of Catie Copley, Fairmont Copley Plaza's beloved Canine Ambassador Catie was originally trained by the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind.  Developing small cataracts in...

                • boston
                • dog
                • fairmont
                • copley square

                Oak Grove Cemetery

                Oak Grove Cemetery – Chelsea   Oak Grove was established in 1860 with the help of women in the community whose efforts made improvements on the cemetery grounds.  The first twenty years saw so few...

                Oak Grove Cemetery – Chelsea   Oak Grove was established in 1860 with the help of women in the community whose efforts made improvements on the cemetery grounds.  The first twenty years saw so few...

                  Stephen Tyng Mather

                  He laid the foundation of the national park service defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations there will never...

                  He laid the foundation of the national park service defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations there will never...

                  • grand canyon
                  • stephen mather
                  • mather

                  Walter Prescott Webb Quote at Barton Springs

                  This plaque accompanies a statue of three men reading and talking just outside the entrance to Barton Springs Pool in Austin, Texas. It reads: Civilization shouts, gives orders, writes rules, puts...

                  This plaque accompanies a statue of three men reading and talking just outside the entrance to Barton Springs Pool in Austin, Texas. It reads: Civilization shouts, gives orders, writes rules, puts...

                  • barton springs
                  • quotes
                  • nature