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

De Soto House

The De Soto House OPENED IN APRIL, 1855, THE FIVE- STORY 240 ROOM DE SOTO HOUSE WAS “THE LARGEST AND MOST LUXURIOUS HOTEL IN THE WEST.”  ABRAHAM LINCOLN SPOKE FROM ITS BALCONY IN 1856 AND...

    Ulysses S. Grant Home National Historical Landmark

    ULYSSES S. GRANT HOME HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A REGISTERED NATIONAL HISTORICAL LANDMARK UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE HISTORIC SIES ACT OF AUGUST 21, 1935 THIS SITE POSSESSES EXCEPTIONAL VALUE...

      Julie Dent Grant - First Lady

      JULIA DENT GRANT FIRST LADY 1869-1877     Submitted by Bryan Arnold @nanowhiskers

        Julia Dent Grant

        JULIA DENT GRANT   Submitted by Bryan Arnold @nanowhiskers

          HOME OF GENERAL AND 18TH PRESIDENT ULYSSES S. GRANT

          HOME OF GENERAL AND 18TH PRESIDENT ULYSSES S. GRANT 500 BOUTHILLIER STREET GALENA, ILLINOIS   Submitted by Bryan Arnold @nanowhiskers

            Bayougoula Indians

            The Bayougoula Indians were some of the first Native Americans the French met in Louisiana. As Iberville and Bienville made their way up the Mississippi River, they came to a Bayougoula village...

            • louisiana
            • native american

            Burgess

              Sir Allen Lane

              Sir  Allen Lane  1902 - 1970  Publisher  was inspired to create  Penguin Books at this  station in 1934  Submitted by @Katherine_McDon

                Luke Howard, Namer of Clouds

                Submitted by @urbigenous

                • luke howard
                • namer of clouds
                • bruce grove
                • tottenham

                James Ward Public School

                Chicago Landmark  James Ward Public School  Johnston and Edelmann (1874-75);  Normand S. Patton (1897)  John C. Christensen (1924), architects  1874-75, additions 1897 and 1924  The earliest...

                • chicago
                • fire
                • school
                • lintels
                • semicolon