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

Yaya's Butterfly Garden

YAYA'S BUTTERFLY GARDEN In Memory of SanDee G. Nossaman 1940-2013 Longtime Lawrence resident, whose love for nature, animals, and humanity knew no bounds. Gift from the Robert E. Frederick Family...

  • yaya
  • butterfly
  • sandee g. nossaman
  • lawrence
  • kansas
  • gift
  • memorial
  • robert e. frederick

Achning Hardware

ACHNING HARDWARE THIS CIRCA 1866 BUILDING IS REFLECTIVE OF COMMERCIAL VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE LOCATION OF BOOT AND SHOE SHOP, GROCERY, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT DEALER, AND CIGAR SHOP CHARLES ACHNING...

  • achning
  • hardware
  • building
  • commercial
  • victorian
  • shoe
  • boot
  • grocery
  • cigar
  • lawrence
  • kansas

House Building

House Building Built 1858-1860 for Josiah Miller Survived Quantrill's Raid, August 21, 1863 Façade altered 1921 Jacob House and descendants, clothiers, occupied this site 1862-1935 Submitted by: @shinton

  • quantrill's raid
  • josiah miller
  • jacob house

Ridenour & Baker

RIDENOUR & BAKER 1858–1888 BARTELDES SEED COMPANY 1888–1963 ONE OF THE FIRST SITES REBUILT AFTER QUANTRILL'S RAID IN 1863 INTERIOR DESTROYED BY FIRE 1997 RESTORED 1997–98 THOUGH MODIFIED...

  • ridenour
  • baker
  • barteldes se...
  • quantrill's raid
  • fire
  • italianate
  • store
  • lawrence
  • kansas

844-846 Massachusetts Street

844–846 MASSACHUSETTS STREET BUILT BY OCTOBER 1864 THIS STRUCTURE INITIALLY HOUSED WAGON/HARNESS MAKERS AND FARM IMPLEMENT DEALERSHIP SUBSEQUENTLY THE BUILDING HOUSED J.H. SHIMMONS...

  • massachusetts street
  • mass
  • lawrence
  • kansas
  • wagon
  • harness
  • farm implement
  • j. h. shimmons
  • furniture
  • kraft
  • leader

Ohlone Dog Park

BERKELEY HISTORY OHLONE DOG PARK   Berkeley’s Ohlone Dog Park, situated along a strip of land cleared in the 1960s for BART undergrounding, is widely considered the world’s first dog...

  • berkeley
  • california
  • bay area
  • dog park
  • people's park annex
  • benedict
  • richards

Paloma (Fosteria)

GWIN MINE, PALOMA, AND LOWER RICH GULCH WAS MINED FOR PLACER IN 1849. QUARTZ WAS DISCOVERED BY J. ALEXANDER IN 1851. PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED BY WILLIAM M. GWIN, CALIFORNIA'S FIRST U.S. SENATOR, IN...

  • paloma
  • california
  • mine
  • mining
  • quartz
  • gwin

St. John's Church

Submitted by Gilda Spitz

  • nashville
  • tennessee
  • church
  • polk
  • 1842

James Knox Polk

Submitted by Gilda Spitz

  • nashville
  • tennessee
  • polk
  • 1916

National Engineering Landmark Parkes Radio Telescope

Plaque reads: 'This 64 metre diameter telescope is the realisation of the vision of CSIRO's Dr E.G. Bowen. Designed by Freeman and Fox Partners to a CSIRO specification and built by...

  • radio telescope
  • australia
  • nsw
  • csiro
  • astronomy