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

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

    Morgan Smiley Baldwin

      This Stairway is erected in memory of Morgan Smiley Baldwin Cornell 1915 Who lies where he fell at Boni-France September 29th 1918 Submitted by ‏@CGOMalley 

      This Stairway is erected in memory of Morgan Smiley Baldwin Cornell 1915 Who lies where he fell at Boni-France September 29th 1918 Submitted by ‏@CGOMalley 

    • ithaca
    • new york
    • wwi
    • cornell

    Pirates on Lake Champlain

      Submitted by ‏@CGOMalley 

      Submitted by ‏@CGOMalley 

      John Howard Payne

      TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN-HOWARD-PAYNE -- THE AUTHOR OF HOME SWEET HOME  A STUDENT * AT * UNION COLLEGE * IN *THE CLASS OF 1810 -- THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THE ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF UNION COLLEGE *...

      TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN-HOWARD-PAYNE -- THE AUTHOR OF HOME SWEET HOME  A STUDENT * AT * UNION COLLEGE * IN *THE CLASS OF 1810 -- THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THE ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF UNION COLLEGE *...

      • union college
      • schenectady
      • ny
      • payne
      • poet
      • home

      Grindstone City Pioneers

      An interesting history of Grindstone City here. Submitted by Debby Drake.

      An interesting history of Grindstone City here. Submitted by Debby Drake.

      • michigan
      • grindstone
      • pioneers
      • 1835
      • 1938

      This Tree Planted in Memory of George Washington

      Submitted by William Dahlberg

      Submitted by William Dahlberg

      • washington
      • alabama
      • birmingham