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

Riverway Overpass

National Industrial Recovery Act of 1934 overpass with names of political leaders and engineers

National Industrial Recovery Act of 1934 overpass with names of political leaders and engineers

    Black Soldiers of the Continental Army

    REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS BLACK SOLDIERS OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY CATO STEDMAN AND NEPTUNE FROST ARE BURIED IN THIS GROUND 1775

    REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS BLACK SOLDIERS OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY CATO STEDMAN AND NEPTUNE FROST ARE BURIED IN THIS GROUND 1775

      Site of the Birthplace of Charles Bulfinch

        Suffolk Law School

        DEDICATED TO THE SERVICE OF MEN WHO MUST STUDY, IF AT ALL, BY NIGHT

        DEDICATED TO THE SERVICE OF MEN WHO MUST STUDY, IF AT ALL, BY NIGHT

          Tadeusz Kosciuszko 1746 - 1817

          TADEUSZ KOSCIUSZKO 1746 - 1817 I PREFER PEACE MORE THAN THE GREATEST RANK IN THE WORLD Submitted by MrWilsonZ

          TADEUSZ KOSCIUSZKO 1746 - 1817 I PREFER PEACE MORE THAN THE GREATEST RANK IN THE WORLD Submitted by MrWilsonZ

            The Traffic Jam

            The Traffic Jam In 1992 the American artist, Mark Bulwinkle, created the steel sculptures you see here and throughout the parking lots of The East Bay Bridge Shopping Center. To all the children...

            The Traffic Jam In 1992 the American artist, Mark Bulwinkle, created the steel sculptures you see here and throughout the parking lots of The East Bay Bridge Shopping Center. To all the...

              Coeur d' Alene Mining District

              Submitted by @larrycebula.

              Submitted by @larrycebula.

                Brooklyn Bridge National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark

                  Site of the Bowling Green 1700

                    New Croton Aqueduct

                    • croton

                    Brooklyn Bridge Reconstruction

                      Power System of Boston's Rapid Transit, 1889

                        Boston Common: America's First Subway

                          The Spiders from Mars

                          Submitted by @Bernicessities.

                          Submitted by @Bernicessities.

                          • bowie
                          • ronson
                          • bolder
                          • woody
                          • woodmansey

                          William Dean Howells

                            Brookland Ferry Landing

                              Naval Yard Granite Wall

                                World's First Successful Long Distance Telephone Call

                                On this site Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, recieved from Brantford, Ontario, on August 10, 1876, the world's first successful long distance telephone call. Erected by the...

                                On this site Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, recieved from Brantford, Ontario, on August 10, 1876, the world's first successful long distance telephone call. Erected by...

                                  Dedicated to the Men of the Boston Naval Shipyard

                                    The Saxony

                                    The Saxony Built in 1899, in the Italian Renaissance Revival style, the Saxony is the first apartment building designed by Emery Roth, the pre-eminent residential architect of New York City

                                    The Saxony Built in 1899, in the Italian Renaissance Revival style, the Saxony is the first apartment building designed by Emery Roth, the pre-eminent residential architect of New York City

                                    • emery roth
                                    • architect