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

Casa de las Siete Chimeneas

    Christian Krohg

    Submitted by @caddickbrown

    Submitted by @caddickbrown

      Hoover Dam and Lake Mead

        Meriwether Lewis Burial Site

        Submitted by @athikers_bob

        Submitted by @athikers_bob

          In Memory of Dr. Edgar H. & Elva Knowlton and Dr. Edgar A. & Bobby Knowlton

          Submitted by @LostToHistory

          Submitted by @LostToHistory

            Battlefield of Malvern Hill

              Richard Register, Green City Visionary

                CHOCOLATE WORKERS' SIT-DOWN STRIKE

                From IG post CHOCOLATE WORKERS' SIT-DOWN STRIKE Hershey's Chocolate Workers Local 1 (CIO) responded to a labor-management impasse on April 2, 1937 by initiating the first sit-down strike in...

                From IG post CHOCOLATE WORKERS' SIT-DOWN STRIKE Hershey's Chocolate Workers Local 1 (CIO) responded to a labor-management impasse on April 2, 1937 by initiating the first sit-down strike...

                  Saw Mill River Daylighting - Industry

                  Saw Mill River Daylighting Otis ElevatorThe building in front of you once housed the famous Otis Elevator factory. Although elevators date back to ancient Egypt, the concept for the safety...

                  Saw Mill River Daylighting Otis ElevatorThe building in front of you once housed the famous Otis Elevator factory. Although elevators date back to ancient Egypt, the concept for the...

                  • yonkers
                  • saw mill river
                  • elisha graves otis
                  • 1852
                  • 1854

                  Registered Yonkers Landmark - Untermyer Park

                  REGISTERED YONKERS LANDMARK UNTERMYER PARK SITE OF GREYSTONE THE HOME OF JOHN T. WARING 1868-1879 SAMUEL J. TILDEN 1879-1899SAMUEL UNTERMYER 1899-1940 DEDICATED BY YONKERS HISTORICAL...

                  REGISTERED YONKERS LANDMARK UNTERMYER PARK SITE OF GREYSTONE THE HOME OF JOHN T. WARING 1868-1879 SAMUEL J. TILDEN 1879-1899SAMUEL UNTERMYER 1899-1940 DEDICATED BY YONKERS...

                  • yonkers
                  • untermyer park
                  • park
                  • samuel tilden
                  • john waring
                  • samuel untermyer
                  • 1868
                  • 1940

                  Untermyer Park, Historic Landmark of the United States

                  UNTERMYER PARK HISTORIC LANDMARK OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ENACTED BY CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION FEDERAL PRESERVATION LOT OF 1966Submitted by @lampbane

                  UNTERMYER PARK HISTORIC LANDMARK OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ENACTED BY CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION FEDERAL PRESERVATION LOT OF 1966Submitted by @lampbane

                  • yonkers
                  • untermyer park
                  • park
                  • 1966

                  Shorewood HIgh School

                  SHOREWOOD HIGH SCHOOL A forerunner in secondary school design, Shorewood High School is modeled on a university campus plan. Constructed between 1924 and 1938 by Milwaukee architects Herbst and...

                  SHOREWOOD HIGH SCHOOL A forerunner in secondary school design, Shorewood High School is modeled on a university campus plan. Constructed between 1924 and 1938 by Milwaukee architects Herbst...

                    Callan Hotel

                    #alwaysreadtheplaque, San Diego weirdness edition https://t.co/SOToxslf4z TweetSubmitted by @alexismadrigal

                    #alwaysreadtheplaque, San Diego weirdness edition https://t.co/SOToxslf4z TweetSubmitted by @alexismadrigal

                    • monkeys
                    • internment
                    • wwii
                    • concentration camps

                    Tarea Hall Pittman

                      Morro Bay

                      Submitted by @jqmcd

                      Submitted by @jqmcd

                        Pensionnat Heger, Bronte Sisters

                        NEAR THIS SITE FORMERLY STOOD THE PENSIONNAT HEGER WHERE THE WRITERS CHARLOTTE AND EMILY BRONTE STUDIED IN 1842-43 THIS COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE WAS PLACED HERE BY THE BRONTE SOCCIETY WITH THE KIND...

                        NEAR THIS SITE FORMERLY STOOD THE PENSIONNAT HEGER WHERE THE WRITERS CHARLOTTE AND EMILY BRONTE STUDIED IN 1842-43 THIS COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE WAS PLACED HERE BY THE BRONTE SOCCIETY WITH THE...

                          Cummings Playground

                          Submitted by @chicagobars

                          Submitted by @chicagobars

                            Moriyama & Teshima Architects

                            Submitted by @lingwhatics

                            Submitted by @lingwhatics

                              New Paltz

                              NEW YORK NEW PALTZ FOUNDED 1678. SIX HOUSES BUILT BY HUGUENOT REFUGEES FROM FRANCE, ORIGINAL PATENTEES, BEFORE 1720. ARE ON WALKILL RIVER. STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 1935

                              NEW YORK NEW PALTZ FOUNDED 1678. SIX HOUSES BUILT BY HUGUENOT REFUGEES FROM FRANCE, ORIGINAL PATENTEES, BEFORE 1720. ARE ON WALKILL RIVER. STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 1935

                                Albert Jackson

                                Submitted by @tatumwilson

                                Submitted by @tatumwilson