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

The Unisphere Flushing Meadows Corona Park

THE UNISPHERE FLUSHING MEADOWS CORONA PARK The Unisphere, located at the center of the radial pathways in the northern half of Flushing Meadows Corona Park, was commissioned for the New...

  • new york
  • queens
  • flushing
  • flushing meadows
  • corona park
  • unisphere
  • 1964
  • 1965
  • gilmore d. clarke
  • 1934
  • william dorw...
  • 1994
  • 1995
  • 2010
  • 2012
  • 2014

Donald W. Distasio

IN HONOR OF DONALD W. DISTASIO The American Cancer Society, Eastern Division Board of Directors honors its CEO, Donald W. Distasio for four decades of valued service, inspiring vision,...

  • new york
  • manhattan
  • midtown
  • donald distasio
  • american can...

Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Railroad Station

Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Railroad Station Designed by Furness, Evans & Company Opened by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company January 28, 1907 Station Renovated 2009-2011 and Rededicated March 19, 2011...

  • delaware
  • wilmington
  • amtrak
  • train station
  • railroad
  • joe biden
  • 1907
  • 2009
  • 2011

Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Railroad Station (Bronze)

JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., RAILROAD STATION DESIGNED BY FURNESS, EVANS & COMPANY OPENED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY JANUARY 28, 1907 STATION RENOVATED 2009-2011 AND REDEDICATED MARCH 19, 2011...

  • delaware
  • wilmington
  • amtrak
  • train station
  • railroad
  • joe biden
  • 1907
  • 2009
  • 2011

Sena Plaza

    This Stone Marks the End of the Santa Fe Trail 1822 - 1879

      Thomas Edison Stone Lantern

      IN ORDER TO EXPRESS FOREVER THE APPRECIATIO) OF THE JAPANESE PEOPLE OF THE SERVICES DONE BY THE LATE THOMAS ALVA EDISON FOR THE WELFARE OF MANKIND WE RESPECTFULLY PRESENT HEREWITH A STONE...

      • new jersey
      • orange
      • west orange
      • thomas edison
      • japan
      • kentaro kaneko
      • 1935

      Presentation Park

        Walnut Creek Masters Memorial Garden

          The Arcade (Cleveland)

          • ohio
          • historical market

          John L. Brown, Sr. - Northeast Louisiana Music Trail -

          1947 - 2023 John L. Brown, Sr. Born in Franklin Parish, John considered Gilbert his home. As a drummer for Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Doug Duffey, Donna Fargo & many others, he traveled...

          • music
          • entertainment

          Lincoln Heritage House

          LINCOLN HERITAGE HOUSE Pioneer homes of the Hardin Thomas family. One-room log cabin built ca. 1789. Thomas Lincoln, father of 16th president, did the carpentry and cabinet work on the four-room...

          • thomas lincoln
          • abraham lincoln
          • elizabethtown
          • kentucky
          • hardin county
          • freeman lake

          David B. Steinman

          DAVID B. STEINMAN 1887-1960 Designer of the Mackinac Bridge, firmly believed that man made structures should be beautiful. From this vantage point it is clear that he achieved his goal. It is to...

          • mackinac bridge
          • david b. steinman
          • straits of mackinac
          • mackinac
          • st. ignace
          • mackinaw city
          • michigan

          Ruffle Shirt Hill Memorial

          RUFFLE SHIRT HILL MEMORIAL Presented to Citizens of Crown Point, Indiana in observance of our nation's two hundredth anniversary July 4, 1976 by CHARLES W. AND MABLE WISE SWISHER In the...

          • crown point
          • indiana
          • ruffle shirt hill
          • charles w. swisher

          St. Mark's School

          West Orange ST. MARK'S SCHOOL ST. MARK'S SCHOOL OPENED AT THIS LOCATION CIRCA 1862 AND WAS WEST ORANGE'S FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL USED FOR ALL GRADES. THE TOWN'S FIRST HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF...

          • new jersey
          • orange
          • west orange
          • st. mark
          • 1862
          • 1896
          • 1893
          • 1912
          • 1926
          • 1863