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

Dr. Richard Tittle

    Market Square Main Gate Fountain Plaque

    • market square
    • victoria
    • bc
    • british columbia
    • market
    • square
    • victoria bc
    • canada
    • water fountain
    • fountain

    The Charles Edward Coates Laboratory

    This plaque commemorates the dedication of this edifice to Charles Edward Coates for his signal service in the field of education and research in Chemical and sugar Engineering.

    This plaque commemorates the dedication of this edifice to Charles Edward Coates for his signal service in the field of education and research in Chemical and sugar Engineering.

    • louisiana
    • lsu
    • engineer
    • engineering school

    Hildegard L. Johannewers - Hamilton Pipe Shop

    IN MEMORIAM HILDEGARD L. JOHANNEWERS Dec. 15, 1923 – Aug. 7, 2015Owner of HAMILTON PIPE SHOP(PEACE’S CIGAR STORE) 1963-2014 Trained as a tobacconist in Hamburg, Germany. Hilde established herself...

    IN MEMORIAM HILDEGARD L. JOHANNEWERS Dec. 15, 1923 – Aug. 7, 2015Owner of HAMILTON PIPE SHOP(PEACE’S CIGAR STORE) 1963-2014 Trained as a tobacconist in Hamburg, Germany. Hilde established herself...

      St. Paul Baptist Church / Moorehead Public School

      This property served as the first African-American school in Allen Parish until 1945.The land was deeded to the church in 1911 by Julian and his wife Modeste Captain.*School established in 1880...

      This property served as the first African-American school in Allen Parish until 1945.The land was deeded to the church in 1911 by Julian and his wife Modeste Captain.*School established in...

      • louisiana
      • allen parish
      • nrhp
      • african american
      • school
      • church

      The Coushatta People

      • louisiana
      • native ameri...

      Orinda Bicentennial Mural

        Historic Rancho Boundary Line

          Fort Bragg Garden Club

          FORT BRAGG GARDEN CLUB in 2013 Honors Bob and Dorothy Gloyd for 20 years of gardening at FORD HOUSE Submitted by Darren Platt

          FORT BRAGG GARDEN CLUB in 2013 Honors Bob and Dorothy Gloyd for 20 years of gardening at FORD HOUSE Submitted by Darren Platt

            The Red House

            This Historical Landmark Home was built in 1864 by William Henry Kelly an emigrant from Maine. Known as the Red House, it's architecture is a fine example of a Colonial New England Farm Honse....

            This Historical Landmark Home was built in 1864 by William Henry Kelly an emigrant from Maine. Known as the Red House, it's architecture is a fine example of a Colonial New England Farm...

              Dr. George Maggs

              In Memory of Dr George Maggs He disliked this path and everyone on it Submitted by @BurtonsAnatomy.

              In Memory of Dr George Maggs He disliked this path and everyone on it Submitted by @BurtonsAnatomy.

                Osgood Corner

                William Oscar Osgood and his wife, Clara Rheams, owned and ran the Osgood General Merchandise Store on this corner for most of the first half of the 20th century, until it changed hands in 1943....

                William Oscar Osgood and his wife, Clara Rheams, owned and ran the Osgood General Merchandise Store on this corner for most of the first half of the 20th century, until it changed hands in 1943....

                • louisiana
                • livingston parish
                • community

                Holt Cemetery #4

                For some artists and scholars, Holt is representative of spiritual traditions with a long history in the African-American community. The spreading of broken crockery over graves was noted in South...

                For some artists and scholars, Holt is representative of spiritual traditions with a long history in the African-American community. The spreading of broken crockery over graves was noted in South...

                • louisiana
                • cemetery
                • new orleans

                Holt Cemetery #5

                Holt has been filled to capacity many times in its long history. In fact, grave plots have often been re-used after their upkeep is abandoned. This is not uncommon in urban cemeteries, where space...

                Holt has been filled to capacity many times in its long history. In fact, grave plots have often been re-used after their upkeep is abandoned. This is not uncommon in urban cemeteries, where space...

                • louisiana
                • cemetery
                • new orleans

                Holt Cemetery #6

                One striking pattern visible in the burial records for Holt is the high number of stillbirths and infants interred here. In 1902, for example, 262 of the 761 burials at Holt were under the age of...

                One striking pattern visible in the burial records for Holt is the high number of stillbirths and infants interred here. In 1902, for example, 262 of the 761 burials at Holt were under the age...

                • louisiana
                • cemetery
                • new orleans

                Casa de Posada / Posada's house

                The engraver José Guadalupe Posada, creator of the Catrina skull, was born in this house. 1st plaque:Seminario de Cultura MexicanaHOMENAJE AL ILUSTRE GRABADOR JOSÉ GUADALUPE POSADA EN EL 150...

                The engraver José Guadalupe Posada, creator of the Catrina skull, was born in this house. 1st plaque:Seminario de Cultura MexicanaHOMENAJE AL ILUSTRE GRABADOR JOSÉ GUADALUPE POSADA EN EL...

                  Serum against scorpion sting

                  GOBIERNO DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO.EN ESTA CASA EL DR. ISAURO VENZOR INICIÓ SUS INVESTIGACIONES SOBRE EL SUERO ANTIALACRANICO.VICTORIA DE DURANGO, DGO. SEP 12 DE 1989.GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF...

                  GOBIERNO DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO.EN ESTA CASA EL DR. ISAURO VENZOR INICIÓ SUS INVESTIGACIONES SOBRE EL SUERO ANTIALACRANICO.VICTORIA DE DURANGO, DGO. SEP 12 DE 1989.GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF...

                    Macedonio Alcalá home

                    En esta casa murió el 24 de agosto de 1869 DON MACEDONIO ALCALÁ autor del (vals) "Dios nunca muere". Homenaje del H. ayuntamiento de Oaxaca de Juárez 1969. DON MACEDONIO ALCALÁ, author of the...

                    En esta casa murió el 24 de agosto de 1869 DON MACEDONIO ALCALÁ autor del (vals) "Dios nunca muere". Homenaje del H. ayuntamiento de Oaxaca de Juárez 1969. DON MACEDONIO ALCALÁ, author of...

                      Tribute to the builders of Puebla

                      Instituto de Geografía Nacional de Puebla.Homenaje de admiración y gratitud a los fundadores y contructores de la Puebla de los Ángeles en su cuarto centenario. MDXXXI - MCMXXXINational Geography...

                      Instituto de Geografía Nacional de Puebla.Homenaje de admiración y gratitud a los fundadores y contructores de la Puebla de los Ángeles en su cuarto centenario. MDXXXI - MCMXXXINational Geography...

                        Execution and curse of the Ávila Brothers

                        Plaque written in old Spanish:"Estas casas eran de Al° de Avila Alvarado, vezino desta civdad de Mexico, el qval fve condenado a mverte por traidor; fve secvtada en suvpersona la sentencia en la...

                        Plaque written in old Spanish:"Estas casas eran de Al° de Avila Alvarado, vezino desta civdad de Mexico, el qval fve condenado a mverte por traidor; fve secvtada en suvpersona la sentencia en la...