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

Hess Triangle

"Property of the Hess Estate which has never been dedicated for public purposes." This is a triangle at the intersection of Seventh Ave and Christopher Street in New York's West Village. From...

  • hess triangle
  • greenwich village
  • new york

U.S.S. Arizona Memorial

Submitted by @WittelLuke

  • wwii
  • pearl harbor
  • arizona

Moving Shoreline

  • key system
  • emeryville
  • oakland
  • shoreline
  • pier
  • ferry service

Ron Dellums, 47th Mayor of Oakland

  • prescott
  • oakland point
  • bay area
  • oakland tech...

The Shorey House

  • oakland
  • 1872
  • whaling
  • african american
  • where rail a...
  • cape of good hope
  • barbados
  • booker t. washington

Four Young Americans Died Serving Their Country in the Thanksgiving Weekend Accident

IN THE LATE HOURS OF NOVEMBER 25, 1944 A C-47 ARMY CARGO PLANE EN ROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO MINNEAPOLIS CRASHED INTO BLUE MOUND 400 - 500 FEET NORTH OF THIS MONUMENT. THE PLANE HAD ENCOUNTERED A...

  • wisconsin
  • blue mount c-47
  • thanksgiving

John Minix

THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF BLUE MOUND WAS CONSERVED AND ENHANCED BY THE VISION AND UNTIRING EFFORTS OF JOHN MINIXWHO MADE THIS OUTSTANDING FEATURE OF WISCONSIN ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AS A...

  • wisconsin
  • park
  • minix

Sandy MacKendrick

Commemorating the Centenary of Cinema 1996 ALEXANDER "SANDY" MACKENDRICK (1912-1993) Film Director who made Whisky Galorehere on Barra Submitted by @slashdotat

  • barra
  • whisky

Canadian Club Movement

Plaque reads: Here The Canadian Club Movement Had It’s Beginning December Sixth 1892 ------- Erected by the Women’s Canadian Club of Hamilton – December Sixth 1913 This Plaque Erected...

    Powers Crossing

    POWERS CROSSING This embankment, the original site of the TH&B railway trestle bridge over Binkley Hollow, is part of an Ancaster Creek flood/erosion control project. The creek forms the...