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

New Orleans

Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

  • london
  • new orleans
  • france
  • mississippi
  • bienville
  • iberville

Washington Artillery Park

Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • washington
  • artillary
  • battery

Servant of God

Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

    Girod House

    GIROD HOUSE ERECTED IN 1814BYNICHOLAS GIROD THE TWO STORY WING FACING ST. LOUIS STREET WAS BUILT BY HIS BROTHER, CLAUD FRANCOIS GIROD, ABOUT 1797. NICHOLAS GIROD WAS THE MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS FROM...

    GIROD HOUSE ERECTED IN 1814BYNICHOLAS GIROD THE TWO STORY WING FACING ST. LOUIS STREET WAS BUILT BY HIS BROTHER, CLAUD FRANCOIS GIROD, ABOUT 1797. NICHOLAS GIROD WAS THE MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS...

    • lousiana
    • new orleans
    • girod
    • napoleon
    • bonaparte
    • exile

    This Buddha Was Biult for the Shonfa Temple

    Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

    Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

      Crowley

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      Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

      • crowley
      • lousiana
      • victorian
      • rice

      St. Charles Borromeo Church

        Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

        Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

      • louisiana
      • menard
      • beauvais
      • 1989

      Battle of Lafourche Crossing

      Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

      Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

      • louisiana
      • civil war
      • connecticut
      • opelousas
      • pyron
      • stickney
      • railroad

      Louisiana Memorial United Methodist Church

      Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

      Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

      • london
      • opelousas
      • church
      • methodist
      • bowman
      • whatcoat
      • ashbury
      • appelousas

      Confederate Mass Grave

      Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

      Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

      • london
      • bourbeux
      • roberts
      • texas
      • confderate
      • mass grave
      • grave
      • civil war

      Opelousas Colored School

        Site of first public school for People of Color in Opelousas. Also known as St. Landry Parish Training school. School constructed on property donated by the City of Opelousas in 1918. Sponsored...

        Site of first public school for People of Color in Opelousas. Also known as St. Landry Parish Training school. School constructed on property donated by the City of Opelousas in 1918. Sponsored...

      • lousiana
      • opelousas
      • colored school

      St. Landry Catholic Church

      Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

      Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

      • london
      • landry
      • catholic
      • parish
      • immaclate
      • opelousas
      • arpents
      • brick
      • rossi
      • engberink

      Emmanuel Baptist Church

      Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

      Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

      • louisiana
      • lafayette
      • 1955
      • baptist
      • church

      Dr. Lord Beaconsfield Landry

      Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

      Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

        Lake Pontchartrain

        LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN Traveled on by Iberville, 1699 and named for the French Minister of Marine. Indians called it Okwa-ta, wide water. First port of embarka-tion was at the site where Bayou St....

        LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN Traveled on by Iberville, 1699 and named for the French Minister of Marine. Indians called it Okwa-ta, wide water. First port of embarka-tion was at the site where Bayou...

        • pontchartrain
        • french
        • 1699
        • new orleans
        • lousisiana

        Grand Coteau

        GRAND COTEAU Early and important center of Catholic education. Noted for its Creole architecture. Town developed around Academy of Sacred Heart, founded in 1921, and St. Charles Jesuit  College,...

        GRAND COTEAU Early and important center of Catholic education. Noted for its Creole architecture. Town developed around Academy of Sacred Heart, founded in 1921, and St. Charles Jesuit  College,...

        • louisiana
        • catholic
        • creole
        • jesuit

        Livonia Mounds

        LIVONIA MOUNDS Three mound complex built between 700 AD and 1200 AD by the Coles Creek Culture.The largest mound is almost 31 feet tall. The mounds are believed to have likely served as a burial...

        LIVONIA MOUNDS Three mound complex built between 700 AD and 1200 AD by the Coles Creek Culture.The largest mound is almost 31 feet tall. The mounds are believed to have likely served as a burial...

        • mound
        • louisiana
        • native american

        Grace Episcopal Church

        Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

        Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

        • louisiana
        • protestant
        • polk
        • civil war

        West Feliciana Railroad

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        Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

        • louisiana
        • st. francisville
        • woodville
        • cotton

        Southern University

        Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

        Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

        • baton rouge
        • lousiana
        • blacks
        • clark