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

Sir Edmund Head Hall

Submitted by @bthubbard

Submitted by @bthubbard

    British Bombing of Cecina

      Plaque reads: Cecina, tra il novembre del 1945 ed il giugno del 1944, subi una lunga serie di bombardamenti aerei da parte dell'aviazione sta tunitense e britannica, motivati dapprima dalla...

      Plaque reads: Cecina, tra il novembre del 1945 ed il giugno del 1944, subi una lunga serie di bombardamenti aerei da parte dell'aviazione sta tunitense e britannica, motivati dapprima...

    • wwii
    • italy
    • tuscany
    • war
    • bombing

    THE LADIES OF THE EVENING

    THE LADIES OF THE EVENING   TO COMMEMORATE THAT UBIQUITOUS SEGMENT OF SOCIETY WHO HAVE BEN UNACKNOWLEDGED  WHO THOUGH OBSCURE, MADE AN ESSENTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE SETTLEMENT OF THE WEST.  ...

    THE LADIES OF THE EVENING   TO COMMEMORATE THAT UBIQUITOUS SEGMENT OF SOCIETY WHO HAVE BEN UNACKNOWLEDGED  WHO THOUGH OBSCURE, MADE AN ESSENTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE SETTLEMENT OF THE WEST.  ...

    • ecv
    • nevada city
    • obscure

    Dickie Bird. B 7

    NEAR THIS SPOT LIE THE BURIED. THE REMAINS OF DICKIE BIRD. B 7. TROOP HORSE 5TH DRAGOON GUARDS. WHICH WAS FOALED IN  1850. JOINED THE REGIMENT IN 1855. AND SERVED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CRIMEAN...

    NEAR THIS SPOT LIE THE BURIED. THE REMAINS OF DICKIE BIRD. B 7. TROOP HORSE 5TH DRAGOON GUARDS. WHICH WAS FOALED IN  1850. JOINED THE REGIMENT IN 1855. AND SERVED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE...

    • horse
    • dublin
    • ireland
    • military
    • crimea

    Tree Lost During a Storm

    Pin Oak - Quereus Palustris 1408 Belle View Blvd 90 Years Old Tree Lost During a Storm on June 19, 2014 Submitted by @croowens

    Pin Oak - Quereus Palustris 1408 Belle View Blvd 90 Years Old Tree Lost During a Storm on June 19, 2014 Submitted by @croowens

    • tree
    • 90 years old
    • 2014
    • alexandria

    Underground Railroad Station

    • underground railroad
    • new york
    • nyc
    • frederick douglass
    • slavery

    Motif #1

    Motif #1 Purchased by the Town Dedicated to the fisherman and artists of Rockport May 14 1950     The Great Blizzard of 1978 destroyed the original motif no. 1 through public effort and...

    Motif #1 Purchased by the Town Dedicated to the fisherman and artists of Rockport May 14 1950     The Great Blizzard of 1978 destroyed the original motif no. 1 through public effort...

    • rockport
    • motif 1
    • ma
    • bearskin neck
    • lead

    First Settler

    1630 1930 First Settler Here stood the cabin of Richard Tarr founder of the Tarr family on Cape Ann. He came to Marblehead in 1680, then settled in Saco, Maine. Driven thence by indians, he became...

    1630 1930 First Settler Here stood the cabin of Richard Tarr founder of the Tarr family on Cape Ann. He came to Marblehead in 1680, then settled in Saco, Maine. Driven thence by indians, he became...

    • rockport
    • ma
    • setller
    • 1630

    Hoover Dam

    • dam
    • engineering

    Elixir

    This is the second oldest known continually operating Saloon location in San Francisco and a centerpiece of the Mission Dolores neighborhood. On this site Francis Daneal’s “bar-room” was listed in...

    This is the second oldest known continually operating Saloon location in San Francisco and a centerpiece of the Mission Dolores neighborhood. On this site Francis Daneal’s “bar-room” was listed in...

    • san francisco
    • saloon

    Mission High School

    • san francisco
    • high school
    • mission

    The Temper of Those Who Wrote Them

    As we say at @99piorg: Always read the plaque about the plaque. Submitted by @daphall  

    As we say at @99piorg: Always read the plaque about the plaque. Submitted by @daphall

    • santa fe
    • new mexico
    • metaplaque

    Edwin Knox Waterfountain

    Plaque reads: 'Erected By subscription In memory of Edwin Knox Victoria Bushmen's Corps Died in South Africa February 26th 1901. Aged 24 years' Submitted by: @IanThorp

    Plaque reads: 'Erected By subscription In memory of Edwin Knox Victoria Bushmen's Corps Died in South Africa February 26th 1901. Aged 24 years' Submitted by: @IanThorp

    • boer war
    • water fountain
    • drinking fountain
    • australia
    • south africa

    Vittorio Emanuele II Padre Della Patria

    Shows you really should always read the plaque. Not exactly sure what it says but send me of doing some research and it relates to the the first king of a united Italy....

    Shows you really should always read the plaque. Not exactly sure what it says but send me of doing some research and it relates to the the first king of a united Italy....

    • king
    • italy
    • tuscany

    Giuseppe Garibaldi

      Plaque reads 'Per infondere al vivi e al nascituri egregi sensi nell anima col ricordo delle gloriose gesta di GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI  Che piu grande di tutte gli eroi dell umanita consacrava la...

      Plaque reads 'Per infondere al vivi e al nascituri egregi sensi nell anima col ricordo delle gloriose gesta di GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI  Che piu grande di tutte gli eroi dell umanita consacrava la...

    • italy
    • tuscany
    • general
    • war

    Moe's

    BERKELEY HISTORY MOE’S BOOKS   In 1959, Morris (Moe) Moskowitz and his wife, Barbara, opened a small paperback bookshop on Shattuck Avenue. They soon moved to Telegraph Avenue where Moe’s Books...

    BERKELEY HISTORY MOE’S BOOKS   In 1959, Morris (Moe) Moskowitz and his wife, Barbara, opened a small paperback bookshop on Shattuck Avenue. They soon moved to Telegraph Avenue where Moe’s...

    • berkeley
    • california
    • books
    • moe

    Craig Roberts

    IN MEMORY OF CRAIG ROBERTS LOVING PHYSICIAN, RENOWNED BIRDER AND GOOD FRIEND TILLAMOOK COUNTY BIRDING GROUP 2005

    IN MEMORY OF CRAIG ROBERTS LOVING PHYSICIAN, RENOWNED BIRDER AND GOOD FRIEND TILLAMOOK COUNTY BIRDING GROUP 2005

    • tillamook
    • birding

    Captain Matthew Flinders

    Plaque for a statue. Picture of the statue:     'Captain Matthew Flinders 1923-1925 Charles Web Gilbert (1887-1925) At twenty-one Matthew Flinders was both an outstanding navigator and an...

    Plaque for a statue. Picture of the statue:     'Captain Matthew Flinders 1923-1925 Charles Web Gilbert (1887-1925) At twenty-one Matthew Flinders was both an outstanding navigator and...

    • melbourne au...

    Hidden Truths

    Submitted by @gkatz

    Submitted by @gkatz

    • chicago
    • great fire
    • 1848
    • cuba
    • url

    Telemark Raid Planning

    THE ANGLO-NORSE SOCIETY  In this building S.O.E.'s NORWEGIAN section planned the TELEMARK raid to disrupt development of Nazi atomic weapons 1942-1944 Submitted by @theonlymfkirke

    THE ANGLO-NORSE SOCIETY  In this building S.O.E.'s NORWEGIAN section planned the TELEMARK raid to disrupt development of Nazi atomic weapons 1942-1944 Submitted by @theonlymfkirke

    • wwii
    • nazi
    • atomic weapons
    • telemark