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

Hap Magee Ranch Park

Hap Magee Ranch Park is located on the former property of Camp Swain, established as a warm place for the children of the San Francisco Protestant Orphanage Asylum to go to escape San Francisco's...

Hap Magee Ranch Park is located on the former property of Camp Swain, established as a warm place for the children of the San Francisco Protestant Orphanage Asylum to go to escape San Francisco's...

  • orphanage
  • park
  • bay area
  • san francisco
  • asylvm
  • tasker swain
  • 1874
  • 1918
  • water fountain
  • drinking fountains
  • brick effigy
  • hap magee

Tom Paines Cottage

Tom Paines Cottage c.1759 Author of "Rights of Man" Inspired the American Declaration of Independence   Tom Paine is one of the founding fathers of the United States.

Tom Paines Cottage c.1759 Author of "Rights of Man" Inspired the American Declaration of Independence   Tom Paine is one of the founding fathers of the United States.

    Welcome to the Silver Valley

      Welcome to the Silver Valley More than 1.2 billion ounces of silver have been mined in Idaho’s Silver Valley where once hundreds of mines were actively worked. Today there are just a few active...

      Welcome to the Silver Valley More than 1.2 billion ounces of silver have been mined in Idaho’s Silver Valley where once hundreds of mines were actively worked. Today there are just a few active...

    • idaho
    • silver

    Murray Gold Fields

    Submitted by Debby Drake.

    Submitted by Debby Drake.

    • idaho
    • gold
    • murray
    • eagle city
    • miners
    • shoshone

    Mine Deaths -- 43

    • butte
    • montana
    • copper
    • toxic waste
    • berkeley

    Southern Gallatin County

    THIS BASIN WAS SETTLED BY RANCHERS AND HOMESTEADERS. BANNOCK INDIANS HAD ENCAMPMENTS HERE AS LATE AS 1913. NEAR HERE IS THE WEST ENTRANCE TO YELLOWSTONE PARK, THE NATIONS'S FIRST NATIONAL PARK...

    THIS BASIN WAS SETTLED BY RANCHERS AND HOMESTEADERS. BANNOCK INDIANS HAD ENCAMPMENTS HERE AS LATE AS 1913. NEAR HERE IS THE WEST ENTRANCE TO YELLOWSTONE PARK, THE NATIONS'S FIRST NATIONAL PARK...

    • montana

    The Boseman Trains

    Submitted by Debby Drake.  

    Submitted by Debby Drake.

    • bozeman
    • montana
    • gold

    A Tough Business

    Submitted by Debby Drake. [Location approximate]

    Submitted by Debby Drake. [Location approximate]

    • montana
    • traders

    Old Patent Office, Washington DC

    National Historic Landmark plaque marking the location of the Old Patent Office Building, Washington DC. This was the third public building constructed in Washington DC, after the White House and...

    National Historic Landmark plaque marking the location of the Old Patent Office Building, Washington DC. This was the third public building constructed in Washington DC, after the White House and...

    • washington dc
    • patent office
    • smithsonian
    • landmark

    Tiananmen Square Memorial Plaque

     IN MEMORY OF  THOSE WHO DIED IN TIENANMEN  SQUARE IN JUNE, 1989   This plaque is virtually invisible until you're standing on top of it, located in the Great Court at the University of...

     IN MEMORY OF  THOSE WHO DIED IN TIENANMEN  SQUARE IN JUNE, 1989   This plaque is virtually invisible until you're standing on top of it, located in the Great Court at the University of...

    • political protest
    • university
    • brisbane

    Early Architecture

    Submitted by @TBuckwalterLNP

    Submitted by @TBuckwalterLNP

    • lancaster
    • pennsylvania

    Elijah McCoy

    • the real mccoy
    • oil
    • son of former slaves
    • steam engine

    Powder River

    Submitted by Debby Drake.    

    Submitted by Debby Drake.  

    • powder river
    • gunpowder
    • bighorn
    • yellowstone
    • butch cassidy
    • sundance kid
    • cattle barons
    • bison
    • sheep
    • oil
    • coal
    • air pollution
    • one sixth of...

    Minnows and Mud

    Submitted by Debby Drake.

    Submitted by Debby Drake.

    • wyoming
    • minnows
    • mud
    • powder river
    • whiskers
    • stonecat
    • trout muddy
    • barbles

    Little Bighorn "Indian Memorial"

    Submitted by Debby Drake.

    Submitted by Debby Drake.

    • little bighorn
    • montana
    • custer
    • native americans

    Little Bighorn "The Memorial"

    THE MEMORIAL  The remains of about 220 soldiers, scouts, and civilians are buried around the base of this memorial.  The white marble headstones scattered over the battlefield denote where the...

    THE MEMORIAL  The remains of about 220 soldiers, scouts, and civilians are buried around the base of this memorial.  The white marble headstones scattered over the battlefield denote where...

    • little bighorn
    • montana
    • custer

    James Park House

    JAMES PARK HOUSE The foundation for this house was laid by Governor John Sevier on a block bought from Knoxville fonder James White in 1979. James Park, pioneer merchant and Knoxville's...

    JAMES PARK HOUSE The foundation for this house was laid by Governor John Sevier on a block bought from Knoxville fonder James White in 1979. James Park, pioneer merchant and...

    • knoxville
    • tennessee
    • war work shop
    • red cross

    Market House Bell

        Submitted by Rob Sweeney

        Submitted by Rob Sweeney

    • knoxville
    • tennessee
    • belfry
    • wwii
    • tower
    • ritos
    • fires
    • number-based code
    • $640.50

    1866 Memphis Massacre

    1866 MEMPHIS MASSACRE On May 1, 2 and 3, 1866, mobs of white menled by law enforcement attacked black peoplein the areas near South St. (aka Calhoun & G.E. Patterson). By the end of the attack....

    1866 MEMPHIS MASSACRE On May 1, 2 and 3, 1866, mobs of white menled by law enforcement attacked black peoplein the areas near South St. (aka Calhoun & G.E. Patterson). By the end of the attack....

    • memphis
    • tennessee
    • 1886

    Gay Street and the Civil Rights Movement

    More about Robert J. Booker here Submitted by Rob Sweeney [Location approximate]

    More about Robert J. Booker here Submitted by Rob Sweeney [Location approximate]

    • knoxville
    • tennessee
    • civil rights
    • booker
    • robert j booker