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

Steele Hall

Steele Hall was erected in 1914 when LeMoyne Institute, which began in 1862 and opened as LeMoyne Normal and Commercial School in 1871, was moved from Orleans Street to Walker Avenue. Named in...

Steele Hall was erected in 1914 when LeMoyne Institute, which began in 1862 and opened as LeMoyne Normal and Commercial School in 1871, was moved from Orleans Street to Walker Avenue. Named in...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Haskell Family's Half-Century

HASKELL FAMILY'S HALF-CENTURY For more than 50 years, three generations of Haskell family lived in East Lawrence where they left an enduring legacy.

HASKELL FAMILY'S HALF-CENTURY For more than 50 years, three generations of Haskell family lived in East Lawrence where they left an enduring legacy.

  • lawrence
  • kansas
  • haskell
  • rail-trail architect
  • native americans
  • haskell indi...
  • 1850s

Haskell Indian Nations Univeristy

  • lawrence
  • kansas
  • haskell
  • native americans
  • haskell indi...
  • 1884

Chifley Cave

Cave named after the 16th Prime Minister of Australia although it doesn't refer to him as such on the plaque. Plaque reads: 'As a tribute to the memory of the RT. Hon. J.B. Chifley M.P. who...

Cave named after the 16th Prime Minister of Australia although it doesn't refer to him as such on the plaque. Plaque reads: 'As a tribute to the memory of the RT. Hon. J.B. Chifley M.P....

  • caves
  • nsw
  • australia
  • prime minister

Site of Allama Iqbal's first poetry recital

TRANSCRIPTION: BEGINNING OF THE LEGEND POETALLAMA SIR MUHAMMAD IQBALIqbal started writing poetry at a young age and was posting it to Dagh Dehlavi for correction by the early years of college (the...

TRANSCRIPTION: BEGINNING OF THE LEGEND POETALLAMA SIR MUHAMMAD IQBALIqbal started writing poetry at a young age and was posting it to Dagh Dehlavi for correction by the early years of college...

  • allama iqbal
  • poetry
  • pakistan
  • lahore
  • walled city
  • ghazal

Jenolan Caves

      Well worth a visit if you are ever in Sydney. It was one of the first tourist attractions in NSW and early Sydneysiders would trek days to get there and tour the caves by candlelight. Plaque...

      Well worth a visit if you are ever in Sydney. It was one of the first tourist attractions in NSW and early Sydneysiders would trek days to get there and tour the caves by candlelight. Plaque...

  • caves
  • nsw
  • australia

Eric Swanson Memorial Grove

ERIC SWANSONMEMORIAL GROVEThis grove is dedicated to the memory ofEric Swanson in recognition of hisextraordinary efforts to create a whole andhealthy forest and a sustainable forest economy....

ERIC SWANSONMEMORIAL GROVEThis grove is dedicated to the memory ofEric Swanson in recognition of hisextraordinary efforts to create a whole andhealthy forest and a sustainable forest economy....

  • mendocino
  • california
  • forest
  • trail

Point Reyes Station Commons

A very simple plaque commemorating the work of a local author and economist, the late Jonathan Rowe. He wrote about the importance of the commons for the prosperity of societies, about wealth...

A very simple plaque commemorating the work of a local author and economist, the late Jonathan Rowe. He wrote about the importance of the commons for the prosperity of societies, about...

  • california
  • marin county
  • point reyes station
  • jonathan rowe

Mountain Blue Gum

Plaque reads: 'Mountain Blue Gum (Eucalyptus deanei) These magnificent Eucalypts are famous for their white shafted trunk. These trees spouted soon after the miners abandoned this area in 1896, so...

Plaque reads: 'Mountain Blue Gum (Eucalyptus deanei) These magnificent Eucalypts are famous for their white shafted trunk. These trees spouted soon after the miners abandoned this area in 1896, so...

  • tree
  • blue gum
  • nsw
  • australia

Katoomba Coal Mine Ventilation Furnace

Plaque reads: 'Katoomba Coal Mine 1878 This furnace was used to draw air through the mine to the work face. The air was directed to the miners by use of baffles made of wood or hessian' Submitted...

Plaque reads: 'Katoomba Coal Mine 1878 This furnace was used to draw air through the mine to the work face. The air was directed to the miners by use of baffles made of wood or hessian' Submitted...

  • katoomba
  • coal
  • mine
  • nsw
  • australia