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

The Trafalgar Way

THE TRAFALGAR WAY TRURO - FIRST POST-HORSE CHANGE On Monday 21st October 1805 the Royal Navy decisively defeated a combined French and Spanish fleet off Cape Trafalgar on the south west coast of...

  • trafalgar
  • nelson
  • napoleon
  • pickle
  • 1805

Spanish American War

Spanish War Veterans 1898-1902 Philippine Islands - Cuba - Puerto Rico - U.S.A. The Hiker Typifying The American Volunteer Who Fought Spain In Cuba, The Philippines, And Boxer Rebellion. Erected...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Sacco and Venzetti Defense Committee

In May 1920, two Italian immigrants were arrested for the murder of two payroll guards in South Braintree. A group of friends and fellow anarchists organized a defense committee for the accused...

  • boston
  • sacco
  • vanzetti
  • 1920

Palazzo Dei Priori

    Warren Inn

    WARREN INN  IN 1958 ON THIS HISTORIC SITE THE FIRST MOTEL EVER CONVERTED FORM A MOVIE THEATER AND LOCATED IN A SMALL COMMUNITY WAS OPENED. WARREN INN MNGMT GROUP 4 Submitted by @ivortossell

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    • located in a...
    • motel

    In the wall of the Moonah Pub

    A plaque on the exterior of the Moonah Hotel, Main Road, Moonah, Tasmania. It reads: THIS STONE WAS LAID BY MRS R SLAIT JUNE 7TH 1934 There seems to be little information about Mrs R Slait or why...

      Mission Plaza

      Mission PlazaIn the 1950s, Kenneth Schwartz, then Planning of Architecture, began work in support of the creation of a "Mission Plaza". At that time, traffic on Monterey Street passed near...

        Calapooia River Salmon Migration

        • brownsville
        • oregon
        • salmon

        In Loving Memory of Michael C Mayer

        "No act of kindness, no matter how small,is ever wasted."

          BM3 Chance Evans Post, United States Coast Guard, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2005