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

The Light Still Shines

You can find images of the lighthouse here. Fort Washington Park The Little Red Lighthouse This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park. The Little...

    Herrick Memorial Chapel and Interfaith Center, Occidental College

    ​Founded by Presbyterians in 1887, Occidental College has beer independent of formal religious ties since 1910. Throughout the years the College has benefited from the generosity f...

      John Charles Darke

      HERBABOUTS ON 12 AUGUST 1844 JOHN CHARLES DARKE SET FORTH ON HIS JOURNEY OF EXPLORATION TO THE GAWLER RANGES VIA PORT LINCOLN. SPEARED BY THE NATIVES AT WADDIKEE ROCKS ON 23 OCTOBER 1844. HE DIED...

        The Eldridge Street Synagogue

        CONGREGATION KHAL ADATH JESHURUN IN 1886, ERECTED THE FIRST GREAT HOUSE OF WORSHIP BUILT BY EAST EUROPEAN JEWS IN THIS COUNTRY THE ELDRIDGE STREET SYNAGOGUE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE...

        • new york
        • manhattan
        • synagogue
        • eldridge street
        • lower east side

        Cloverdale Depot

          Jamestown World War Monument

            Larkspur Firehouse

              Peter Corlett OAM

              Peter Corlett OAM John Monash 2015 bronze, cast concrete Unveiled by The Hon. Dr Alex Chernov AC QC Governor of Victoria 22 April 2015 A Monash University Public Art Commission initiated...

                Jamestown WWI Memorial

                  Site of the Ballard Tavern

                  STAGE STOP 1823 SITE OF THE BALLARD TAVERN, OPENED IN 1818. IT BECAME THE STOP FOR THE JAMESTOWN- MAYVILLE STAGECOACH LINE OPERATED BY CAPT. GILBERT BALLARD BEGINNING IN 1823. PLACED BY...

                    ON THE WAR TRAIL

                      RUMBALARA PROPERTY TRUST

                      RUMBALARA THIS PLAQUE PERPETUATES THE MEMORY OF DAVID CONNOR WHOSE ENTERPRISE AND PIONEERING SPIRIT INSPIRED CONSTRUCTION OF THIS BUILDING IN 1887. ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS CONNOR BUILDINGS, AND LATER...

                        Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

                        ELIZABETH GURLEY FLYNN "The Rebel Girl” Born in Concord in 1890, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was a nationally known labor leader. civil libertarian and feminist organizer. She joined the...

                        • concord
                        • new hampshire
                        • aclu

                        Otto Mears

                        IN HONOR OF OTTO MEARS PATHFINDER OF THE SAN JUAN PIONEER ROAD BUILDER BUILT THIS ROAD IN 1881 ERECTED BY A GRATEFUL PEOPLE 1926

                          Wellington Cable Car