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

McDonogh No. 7 Elementary School

W.A. Freret, ArchitectJ.C. Kiddell, BuilderDedicated October 22, 1877Erected from funds bequeathed to the City of New Orleans in the will of John McDonogh, in continuous use as a public elementary...

W.A. Freret, ArchitectJ.C. Kiddell, BuilderDedicated October 22, 1877Erected from funds bequeathed to the City of New Orleans in the will of John McDonogh, in continuous use as a public elementary...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • education

First Unitarian Universalist Church

Established in 1833 by Rev. Dr. Theodore Clapp, a Congregationalist minister who served as pastor until 1856. The church became Unitarian in 1837. The first church building, known as the...

Established in 1833 by Rev. Dr. Theodore Clapp, a Congregationalist minister who served as pastor until 1856. The church became Unitarian in 1837. The first church building, known as the...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • religion

Carrollton Neighborhood

In 1833, real estate investors commissioned surveyor Charles F. Zimpel to lay out the former Macarty sugar plantation into lots, squares, and streets that formed the village of Carrollton....

In 1833, real estate investors commissioned surveyor Charles F. Zimpel to lay out the former Macarty sugar plantation into lots, squares, and streets that formed the village of...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • architecture
  • neighborhood

Cola(r) Residence

<br>George "Kid Sheik" Cola(r), (1908-1996), cornetist, trumpeter, pianist, and bandleader, lived here at 939 Deslonde Street from 1940 to 1988. He was a member of the Eureka Brass Band, the...

<br>George "Kid Sheik" Cola(r), (1908-1996), cornetist, trumpeter, pianist, and bandleader, lived here at 939 Deslonde Street from 1940 to 1988. He was a member of the Eureka Brass Band, the...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • music
  • jazz

At the crossing

On both sides of the road, mounted on the buildings as you cross Mystic drawbridge.Submitted by: Jeff Rodriguez

On both sides of the road, mounted on the buildings as you cross Mystic drawbridge.Submitted by: Jeff Rodriguez

    Mystic River Bridge

    Submitted by: Jeff Rodriguez

    Submitted by: Jeff Rodriguez

      Club Bluenote

      The Club Bluenote at Yonge and Walton now has a plaque, too. The little hole-in-the-wall where big bands used to play after hours. Toronto acts like the Five Rogues, Shawne and Jay Jackson, and...

      The Club Bluenote at Yonge and Walton now has a plaque, too. The little hole-in-the-wall where big bands used to play after hours. Toronto acts like the Five Rogues, Shawne and Jay Jackson,...

        Kultapossupuisto

        Kultapossupuisto perustettu 1983 Park Kultapossu established 1983 Kultapossukerho was a youth club of former Finnish postal savings bank Postipankki. In the place might have been a playground...

        Kultapossupuisto perustettu 1983 Park Kultapossu established 1983 Kultapossukerho was a youth club of former Finnish postal savings bank Postipankki. In the place might have been a playground...

        • park
        • finland
        • postipankki

        GERDC

        Submitted by @SimondeSwardt [location approximate]

        Submitted by @SimondeSwardt [location approximate]

          Chief Johnson Totem Pole

            Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara

              Sanitation at Sea

                Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge

                  La Sorbonne

                    Alameda Kiwanis