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

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

        Cristoforo Colombo

        THE COLUMBUS DAY SOCIETY OF HARRISON, IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA BY CRISTOFORO COLOMBO, DOES HEREBY REDEDICATE THIS MONUMENT IN RECOGNITION OF HIS...

        • new york
        • harrison
        • christopher columbus
        • cristoforo colombo
        • 1992

        Hamilton Grange, Manhattan

        NEW YORK HAMILTON GRANGE GEN. ALEXANDER HAMILTON. ONE OF THE FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION, FIRST SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, BUILT THIS HOUSE IN 1802. STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 1932 Submitted by @lampbane

        • new york
        • manhattan
        • hamilton heights
        • alexander hamilton
        • 1802
        • 1932

        Koninklijke stallen

        This plaque informs that you're standing in front of the "koninklijke stallen": the royal stables. It holds a description in English: "Behind these walls are the Royal Stables, built at the...

        • royalty
        • den haag
        • historic building

        The Fred F. French Building

        THE FRED F. FRENCH BUILDING THE FRED F. FRENCH BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1926-27 AS THE HOME OF THIS PROMINENT REAL ESTATE FIRM. DESIGNED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM OF SLOAN & ROBERTSON, IT...

        • new york
        • manhattan
        • fred french
        • 1926
        • 1927
        • 1993

        Norwegian Memorial - Crew of the bark Prince Arthur which foundered January 2, 1903

        This monument commemorates the Prince Arthur, which ran aground during a storm at 1 a.m. on Jan. 3, 1903. The Prince Arthur was commanded by an experienced captain from Larvik, Norway, named Hans...