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

Recognizing Endowed Professorships at Notre Dame

 Endowed professorships were first established by the Roman Emperor and stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius in Athens in 176 A.D. The custom was revivied at Oxford and Cambridge in 1502 with the...

 Endowed professorships were first established by the Roman Emperor and stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius in Athens in 176 A.D. The custom was revivied at Oxford and Cambridge in 1502 with...

  • notre dame
  • indiana
  • university o...
  • endowed prof...

David Charles Collier

David Charles Collier A Man of Vision - A Dynamic Leader - A Developer and Builder A Great and Lovable Character The Creative Genius of the Panama-California Exposition of 1915 An Inspiration to...

David Charles Collier A Man of Vision - A Dynamic Leader - A Developer and Builder A Great and Lovable Character The Creative Genius of the Panama-California Exposition of 1915 An Inspiration to...

  • san diego
  • california
  • balboa park
  • museum of man
  • david charle...

Anaheim Orange and Lemon Association Packing House

Submitted by @joemorf.

Submitted by @joemorf.

  • anaheim
  • orange
  • lemon
  • packing

The Fourth Street West Subway

Submitted by @LDTG117.

Submitted by @LDTG117.

  • subway
  • calgary
  • canada

Fort Warren

  Submitted by ‏@mywolfson

  Submitted by ‏@mywolfson

  • fort warren
  • boston
  • massachusetts

Honoring Rudy + Alma Gilbert

HONORING RUDY + ALMA GILBERT AND THEIR MINISTRY HERE  1957 1972 LRV 1972 Submitted by @ibbybit  

HONORING RUDY + ALMA GILBERT AND THEIR MINISTRY HERE  1957 1972 LRV 1972 Submitted by @ibbybit

  • ministry
  • spokane
  • universalist

The Carl S. English, Jr. Gardens

  • seattle
  • ballard
  • washington
  • locks
  • gardens

Benjamin Franklin

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN(1706 - 1790) -- * -- Printer, author, inventor, diplomat, philanthropist, statesman, and scientist. The eighteenth cen-tury's most illustrious Pennsylvanian built a house in...

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN(1706 - 1790) -- * -- Printer, author, inventor, diplomat, philanthropist, statesman, and scientist. The eighteenth cen-tury's most illustrious Pennsylvanian built a house...

  • franklin
  • benjamin
  • pennsylvania
  • philadelphia

Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA --*-- Founded by William Penn. Laid out in 1682. Chartered a city, 1701. Pennsylvania's capital until 1799; the nation's to 1800. County was one of Pennsylvania's origi-nal three,...

PHILADELPHIA --*-- Founded by William Penn. Laid out in 1682. Chartered a city, 1701. Pennsylvania's capital until 1799; the nation's to 1800. County was one of Pennsylvania's origi-nal three,...

    Birthplace of Baseball

    Submitted by Bob Paske.

    Submitted by Bob Paske.

    • hoboken
    • baseball
    • elysian fields
    • knickerbockers
    • new yorks

    Fort Michilimackinac

      Submitted by Debby Drake.

      Submitted by Debby Drake.

    • michilimackinac
    • michigan
    • frranc
    • 1715
    • ojibwa
    • british
    • 1761 pontiac
    • 1764
    • 1779
    • mackinac

    Fort Brady

      Submitted by Debby Drake.

      Submitted by Debby Drake.

    • brady
    • sault ste marie
    • cass
    • 1820
    • french
    • indians
    • sheridan

    Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse

      Submitted by Debby Drake.

      Submitted by Debby Drake.

    • mackinac
    • michigan
    • lighthouse

    Michilimackinac State Park

      Submitted by Debby Drake.

      Submitted by Debby Drake.

    • michigan

    Michigan's First Jewish Settler

    More info <a href="http://detroit1701.org/First%20Jewish%20Settler.html">here</a>.   Submitted by Debby Drake.

    More info <a href="http://detroit1701.org/First%20 Jewish%20Settler.html">here</a>.   Submitted by Debby Drake.

    • michigan
    • jewish

    Ancien Hôtel du Cheval-Blanc

    An old famous hotel in downtown Angers built in the 15th century that was transformed into apartments during the mid 20th century.  Translation of plaque: Former Hotel du Cheval-Blanc (White-Horse...

    An old famous hotel in downtown Angers built in the 15th century that was transformed into apartments during the mid 20th century.  Translation of plaque: Former Hotel du Cheval- Blanc...

    • france
    • angers
    • hotel
    • camus
    • henry james
    • eça de queiroz
    • garros
    • buffon
    • curnonsky

    Clarence W. Wigington Pavilion

    Submitted by @robblerouser .

    Submitted by @robblerouser .

    • minnesota
    • architect
    • black
    • harriet island

    James Larkin

    THE GREAT APPEAR GREAT BECAUSE WE ARE ON OUR KNEES: LET US RISE Submitted by Craig Adrew Batty

    THE GREAT APPEAR GREAT BECAUSE WE ARE ON OUR KNEES: LET US RISE Submitted by Craig Adrew Batty

    • dublin
    • ireland

    W. K. Kellogg House

    • kellogg
    • hickory corners
    • michigan
    • corn flakes
    • gull lake

    The Seizure of The Planter

    THE SEIZURE OFTHE PLANTEREarly on May 13, 1862.Robert Smalls, an enslavedharbor pilot aboard thePlanter, seized the 149-ft.Confederate transport froma wharf just east of here.He and six enslaved...

    THE SEIZURE OFTHE PLANTEREarly on May 13, 1862.Robert Smalls, an enslavedharbor pilot aboard thePlanter, seized the 149-ft.Confederate transport froma wharf just east of here.He and six enslaved...

    • planter
    • memory palace
    • smalls