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

Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden

THIS PLAZA IS DEDICATED TO THE FRENDS OF THE GARDEN WHO PROVIDED THE FINANCIAL BACKING AND MUCH OF THE LABOR FOR ITS CONSTRUCTION THIS, ONE OF THE MANY PROJECTS COMPLETED BY THE FRIENDS,...

    Historical Site of the first brick school house in Los Angeles

    HISTORICAL SITE THIS BLOCK IS THE SITE OFTHE FIRST BRICK SCHOOL HOUSE IN LOS ANGELES KNOWN AS SCHOOL NO. 1, BUILT 1854-1855BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND MAIL COMPANY OFFICE AND CORRAL 1858-1861OFFICE OF U....

      Lois Blonder Sculpture Garden

      LOIS BLONDER SCULPTURE GARDEN Lois Blonder was an artist and alumna of Monmouth University. This garden reflects her artistic wit, eclectic interests, and her lifelong passion to bring visual...

      • art
      • monmouth
      • university
      • sculpture garden
      • garden

      The closed stone (de gesloten steen)

      This plaque explains the stone on the corner of the street, which is chained to the building. The stone was placed to protect the building from being damaged by passing carriages. Legend has...

      • middle-ages
      • building
      • protective rock

      Spinoza birthplace

      This plaque idicates the spot where the philosopher Bendedictus de Spinoza was born in 1632. His most important work was Ethica (Ethics). His ideas of freedom of speach, tolerance and democracy...

      • pliosopher
      • amsterdam
      • birthplace

      Lincoln Highway monument

      "WE MUST THINK ANEWAND ACT ANEW"ABRAHAM LINCOLN1809-1865THIS MONUMENT COMMEMORATES THESESQUICENTENNIAL OF LINCOLN'S BIRTHBY THE STATE OF WYOMING IN 1959.WYOMING STATE PARKS COMMISSIONJACK F....

      • lincoln highway
      • laramie
      • cheyenne
      • wyoming
      • i-80
      • interstate 80
      • travel

      Lincoln Highway memorial

      "THAT THERE SHOULD BE ALINCOLN HIGHWAY ACROSS THISCOUNTRY IS THE IMPORTANT THING."IN MEMORY OF HENRY B. JOY THEFIRST PRESIDENT OF THELINCOLN HIGHWAYASSOCIATION WHOSAW REALIZED THEDREAM OF...

      • lincoln highway
      • laramie
      • cheyenne
      • wyoming
      • interstate 80
      • i-80
      • travel
      • abraham lincoln

      North Park area of Colorado

      IN HONOR OF THOSE STURDY PIONEERMEN AND WOMENTHAT BUILTTHIS NORTH PARK COUNTRY(the plaque is in a geographical area named "North Park" in front of the Jackson County courthouse in the town...

      • colorado
      • walden
      • courthouse

      Woody Guthrie Square Plaque

      Woodrow Wilson (Woody) Guthrie (1912-1967) composer of "This Land is your Land," arrived in Los Angeles in 1937 along with thousands of other migrant workers and families from the "Dust...

        Explosion In A Coal Mine

        In the year 1936 January 20th at 6:20 a.m. an explosion occurred at the Monarch No. 2 Coal MineEight men perished in the explosion.The bodies of the following seven menwere...

        • coal mine
        • superior
        • broomfield
        • louisville
        • colorado
        • disaster
        • mining
        • tombstone

        The Erath Sugar Company

        Donated byThe Erath Sugar Co.Erath Sugar Refinery was built in the year 1910.In the year 1914 the Earth Sugar Company, LTD.acquired this bell from the Rose Hill refineryand was used to...

        • louisiana
        • plantation bell
        • sugar mill

        Vernon Baptist Association

        At the 24th annual session of the Sabine Association, Oct. 16, 1871, delegates from the First District petitioned for Letters of Dismission for the purpose of forming the Vernon Baptist...

        • louisiana
        • church
        • religion

        Camp Claiborne (Birthplace of the 761st Tank Battalion )

        The 761st, a mostly black tank battalion, was activated at Camp Claiborne, LA on April 1, 1942. While at Camp Claiborne, the 761st trained on M5 Stuart light tanks. After reassignment to...

        • louisiana
        • wwii
        • world war ii

        The Vernon Bank

        Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the InteriorEstablished in 1899 as the "Bank of Leesville" on this site. The first bank...

        • louisiana
        • bank
        • nrhp

        The 1964 Fall of the Erath Water Tower

        "In the wake of tragedy, In the wake of a storm, In the wake of disaster, A small town mourns." On this site, the old City Hall and a 125' water tower once stood. On October 3, 1964,...

        • louisiana
        • disaster
        • hurricane hilda