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

Invasion Norteamericana de 1914

    Altar a la Patria

      Salvador Diaz Miron

        Escuela Naval Militar de 1876 a 1952

          Los Heros Ambrosio Alcalde

            Jose Azueta

              First Catholic Church in North America

              Citation required but this is super interesting and supposedly the first Catholic Church in the America’s.  Talking with the architect who is renovating this church and uncovered this. The A is a...

              Citation required but this is super interesting and supposedly the first Catholic Church in the America’s.  Talking with the architect who is renovating this church and uncovered this. The A is a...

                Veracruz

                  Pointed at Jerusalem

                    Papantia de Olerte

                      Ninomiya House

                      Ninomiya House Dedicated May 2016Tei Ninomiya was the first Asian student to graduate from Smith College. Born in 1887, in Matsuyama, Shikoku, Japan, she graduated from Smith in 1910 at a time...

                      Ninomiya House Dedicated May 2016Tei Ninomiya was the first Asian student to graduate from Smith College. Born in 1887, in Matsuyama, Shikoku, Japan, she graduated from Smith in 1910 at a...

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                      • japan
                      • 1910

                      Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz U.S.N

                        Goodman

                          John L. K. Brown

                            Reid Martin Mason

                              George V. Halloran

                                Berthold and Inge Hannes

                                  Sawtown 1906 - 1934

                                  SAWTOWN 1906-1934  THIS ABANDONED SAWMILL IS ALL  THAT REMAINS OF A LOGGING COMMU-  NITY THAT ONCE INCLUDED MORE  THAN 600 PEOPLE. SAWTOWN'S MILL  PROCESSED ALL THE CYPRESS LUMBER  CUT WITHIN 50...

                                  SAWTOWN 1906-1934  THIS ABANDONED SAWMILL IS ALL  THAT REMAINS OF A LOGGING COMMU-  NITY THAT ONCE INCLUDED MORE  THAN 600 PEOPLE. SAWTOWN'S MILL  PROCESSED ALL THE CYPRESS LUMBER  CUT WITHIN...

                                    Little River School House / Isaac and Lucy Berry

                                    The original, one-room, log schoolhouse on this site opened in 1877 under the direction of Isaac and Lucy Berry. The multi-racial community known as Little River raised the present building in...

                                    The original, one-room, log schoolhouse on this site opened in 1877 under the direction of Isaac and Lucy Berry. The multi-racial community known as Little River raised the present building...

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                                    Detour Reef Light Station

                                    Located where the St. Mary’s River enters Lake Huron from Lake Superior, DeTour Passage separates the Upper Peninsula from Drummond Island. It has long been a choke point for Great Lakes shipping....

                                    Located where the St. Mary’s River enters Lake Huron from Lake Superior, DeTour Passage separates the Upper Peninsula from Drummond Island. It has long been a choke point for Great Lakes...

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                                    • michigan his...