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

The Birthplace of Freemasonry in West Texas

  • san antonio
  • texas
  • freemasonry

A Leader of PATRIOTS in the Fight for Clean Water

In Memory of KATEY J. WYRICK b. May 15, 1949, d. Sept 29, 1987  A leader of PATRIOTS in the fight for clean water the fountain is donated by PATRIOTS by [*] with [*] & [*] 1999

  • clean water
  • guerneville
  • california

Lincoln Brigade, University of Washington

VOLUNTARIOUS INTERNACIONALES DE LA LIBERTAD  "YOU ARE HISTORY, YOU ARE LEGEND"  10,000 international volunteers came to the defence of the Spanish Republic when Franco, Hitler and...

  • seattle
  • washington
  • lincoln
  • spanish civil war
  • franco
  • hitler
  • mussolini
  • lincoln bridge

Bank of Guerneville

  • bank
  • guerneville
  • california
  • paris

From This Courtyard

From this courtyard Breslau Jews were deported to Nazi extermination camps in the yrs 1941-44. We will never forget! Submitted by ‏@tpluscode 

  • wwii
  • jews
  • poland
  • holocaust
  • nazi

Roadside Sign in Westfjords

This roadside sign in the Westfjords region of Iceland shows the roads throughout the area (most of which are impassable throughout winter).

  • sign
  • roadside
  • westfjords
  • iceland

Calvin College and Seminary

These schools are institutions of the Christian Reformed Church, a denomination founded in 1857 in western Michigan by Dutch immigrants whose religious roots lay in the Calvinist Reformation. The...

  • grand rapids
  • calvin college
  • michigan
  • calvinist
  • seminary
  • knollcrest

DeWitt Family Organ

DEAN OF THE CHAPEL CALVIN COLLEGE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE ENDOWMENT OF THIS POSITION BY WILLIAM AND MARTHA DE WITT, SR. MAY 1995  The William and Martha De Witt, Sr. Family also provided the...

  • grand rapids
  • michigan
  • calvin college
  • chapel
  • de witt
  • organ

First Post Office

Near this site in 1833, the log store of John S.C. Hogan was this section's only post office, serving settlers from miles around. Eastern mail was delivered once a week from Niles,...

  • chicago
  • illinois
  • post office
  • loop

Old Water Tower

 This water tower, completed in 1869, marks the establishment of Chicago's second water works. Although most other buildings of pumping system were burned, it stands as a principal memorial...

  • chicago
  • illinois
  • water tower
  • magnificent mile
  • michigan avenue
  • great chicago fire