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

Brooklyn Bridge

    The Pace Setter

      Charlestown Navy Shipbuilding Site

        Christ Church Oldest Church Building in Cambridge

          Michelle Gorman- McCabe

            The Cow Creeks

              Boston Naval Shipyard

                Play Place at the Union

                  What is a Warhol

                    Boston, the Navy Yard, and the War of 1812

                      DEXTER PRATT HOUSE

                      DEXTER PRATT HOUSE HOME OF DEXTER PRATT THE "VILLAGE BLACKSMITH" IMMORTALIZED BY LONGFELLOW 1808

                      DEXTER PRATT HOUSE HOME OF DEXTER PRATT THE "VILLAGE BLACKSMITH" IMMORTALIZED BY LONGFELLOW 1808

                        Pedestrian Flag Program

                          Angel’s Flight

                          Built in 1901 by Colonel J. W. Eddy, lawyer, engineer, and friend of President Lincoln, Angel's Flight is said to be the world's shortest incorporated railway. The counterbalanced cars, controlled...

                          Built in 1901 by Colonel J. W. Eddy, lawyer, engineer, and friend of President Lincoln, Angel's Flight is said to be the world's shortest incorporated railway. The counterbalanced cars, controlled...

                          • los angeles
                          • transit
                          • funicular railroads
                          • angel’s flight

                          Cheshire Public Library Addition

                          CHESHIRE PUBLIC LIBRARY ADDITION 1996 SANDRA R. MOURIS, MAYOR: EDWARD T. O'NEILL. JR., TOWN MANAGER THOMAS F. CROWE, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR EMMETT SHUTTS, LIBRARY BOARD CHAIRMAN ANN S. WREGE,...

                          CHESHIRE PUBLIC LIBRARY ADDITION 1996 SANDRA R. MOURIS, MAYOR: EDWARD T. O'NEILL. JR., TOWN MANAGER THOMAS F. CROWE, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR EMMETT SHUTTS, LIBRARY BOARD CHAIRMAN ANN S. WREGE,...

                          • library
                          • cheshire
                          • connecticut

                          Sherman Line Rosenwald School

                          The Sherman Line Rosenwald School was established in 1928 for the education of black youth in the Sherman community from Pike and Amite counties. Partial funding for the school was provided by the...

                          The Sherman Line Rosenwald School was established in 1928 for the education of black youth in the Sherman community from Pike and Amite counties. Partial funding for the school was provided by...

                          • mississippi
                          • rosenwald school
                          • education
                          • pike county
                          • amite county

                          Sergei Vassilevich Rachmaninoff

                          Sergei Vassilevich Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Lived in this building during the last seventeen years of his life. The Russian-born composer, pianist and conductor settled in New York in 1916. He...

                          Sergei Vassilevich Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Lived in this building during the last seventeen years of his life. The Russian-born composer, pianist and conductor settled in New York in 1916. He...

                          • rachmaninoff
                          • composer
                          • pianist

                          Babe Ruth lived here, and there

                          George Herman Ruth -- The Babe Resided here until his death in 1948. 110-118 Riverside Drive

                          George Herman Ruth -- The Babe Resided here until his death in 1948. 110-118 Riverside Drive

                          • babe ruth
                          • baseball

                          Bo Diddley

                          FrontAcclaimed as the father of rock and roll, Bo Diddley (Ellas Bates McDaniel) was born near Magnolia, south of McComb, on December 30, 1928. Diddley wrote and recorded such hits as "I'm A Man",...

                          FrontAcclaimed as the father of rock and roll, Bo Diddley (Ellas Bates McDaniel) was born near Magnolia, south of McComb, on December 30, 1928. Diddley wrote and recorded such hits as "I'm A Man",...

                          • mississippi
                          • blues trail
                          • rock
                          • pike county

                          The Legacy of the Medicine Lake Volcano

                            Medicine Lake Volcano: Colossus of the Cascades