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

Coliseum Theater

Submitted by @pkmonaghan

Submitted by @pkmonaghan

    Tennessee State Capitol

      Atascadero Administration Building

      Submitted by @jqmcd

      Submitted by @jqmcd

        Jose Dolores Garcia

        JOSE DOLORES GARCIA Jose Dolores Garcia was a prominent citizen of San Juan Capistrano who was of Juaneno Indian and Spanish descent. In 1862 he married Maria Refugia Yorba at the Mission. He...

        JOSE DOLORES GARCIA Jose Dolores Garcia was a prominent citizen of San Juan Capistrano who was of Juaneno Indian and Spanish descent. In 1862 he married Maria Refugia Yorba at the Mission....

          Hunter Mill Road - Crossroads to War

          T 46-BCROSSROADS TO WARDuring the Civil War, this junction of HunterMill Road and the Alexandria, Loudoun, &Hampshire Railroad was a vital crossroads asUnion and Confederate troops moved along...

          T 46-BCROSSROADS TO WARDuring the Civil War, this junction of HunterMill Road and the Alexandria, Loudoun, &Hampshire Railroad was a vital crossroads asUnion and Confederate troops moved along...

          • hunter mill ...

          Hurricane Gustav

          Hurricane Gustav roared through Baton Rouge on September 1, 2008. Traffic on the Mississippi River was shut down. Ninety-mile per hour winds uprooted thousands of mature oak trees. Houses were...

          Hurricane Gustav roared through Baton Rouge on September 1, 2008. Traffic on the Mississippi River was shut down. Ninety-mile per hour winds uprooted thousands of mature oak trees. Houses were...

          • louisiana
          • baton rouge
          • old state capitol
          • hurricane gustav
          • disaster
          • weather

          On September 21, 1779

          On September 21, 1779Col. Dickson commanding theBritish post at Baton RougeSurrendered toGov. Galvez and his American Allies. This tablet commemorates thisOne battle of theAmerican RevolutionOn...

          On September 21, 1779Col. Dickson commanding theBritish post at Baton RougeSurrendered toGov. Galvez and his American Allies. This tablet commemorates thisOne battle of theAmerican RevolutionOn...

          • louisiana
          • revolutionary war
          • freedom
          • baton rouge

          John P Holland's First Submarine

            Grafton Park

              North Shore Beach & Yacht Club 1958

              Submitted by @jqmcd THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NORTH SHORE BEACH & YACHT CLUB 1958 DESIGNED BY...

              Submitted by @jqmcd THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NORTH SHORE BEACH & YACHT CLUB 1958 DESIGNED...

              • salton sea

              Temple Lodge #14

                Le Sorbonne

                  Memorial Gazebo

                  Submitted by @jqmcd

                  Submitted by @jqmcd

                    American Zoetrope

                      SAN FRANCISCO'S HELLENIC HERITAGE

                      SAN FRANCISCO'S HELLENIC HERITAGE AN AFFIRMATION OF THE PROMISE OF AMERICA IN TRIBUTE TO THE GREEK IMMIGRANTS WHO SETTLED IN THE VICINITY OF THIRD AND FOLSOM STREETS IN THE EARLY 1900s AND IN...

                      SAN FRANCISCO'S HELLENIC HERITAGE AN AFFIRMATION OF THE PROMISE OF AMERICA IN TRIBUTE TO THE GREEK IMMIGRANTS WHO SETTLED IN THE VICINITY OF THIRD AND FOLSOM STREETS IN THE EARLY 1900s AND...

                        Eddie L. Dorsey, MD; Ima Pierson, DDS; Howard C. Scoggins, MD; Luins Williams, MD

                          May 17-18, 1944   Along with leaders of the newly formed NAACP chapter, Drs. Dorsey, Pierson, Scoggins, and Williams were violently expelled from Iberia Parish on May 17-18, 1944, because they...

                          May 17-18, 1944   Along with leaders of the newly formed NAACP chapter, Drs. Dorsey, Pierson, Scoggins, and Williams were violently expelled from Iberia Parish on May 17-18, 1944, because they...

                        • louisiana
                        • african-american
                        • civil rights

                        In Memory of the First Barrow Stadium

                        In Memory of the First Barrow Stadium   (1956-2011)     Architect: Henry G. Grimball     Originally known as the Pontchartrain Park Stadium of the New Orleans Recreation Department, the first...

                        In Memory of the First Barrow Stadium   (1956-2011)     Architect: Henry G. Grimball     Originally known as the Pontchartrain Park Stadium of the New Orleans Recreation Department, the first...

                        • louisiana
                        • new orleans
                        • sports
                        • african american
                        • negro leagues
                        • baseball

                        Site of Mount Carmel

                        Site of Mount Carmel, the first organized community in the Eudora area. John Booth donated land for a Presbyterian Church and a seminary for girls. Rev. Benjamin Shaw was director and pastor....

                        Site of Mount Carmel, the first organized community in the Eudora area. John Booth donated land for a Presbyterian Church and a seminary for girls. Rev. Benjamin Shaw was director and...

                        • arkansas
                        • settlements
                        • cemetery

                        Old Brad

                        Named for company member, John O. Bradford, Old Brad, the first service horse in the Baton Rouge Fire Department, is buried in front of his beloved Washington No. 1  Firehouse. He served 28 years,...

                        Named for company member, John O. Bradford, Old Brad, the first service horse in the Baton Rouge Fire Department, is buried in front of his beloved Washington No. 1  Firehouse. He served 28...

                        • louisiana
                        • baton rouge
                        • fire department
                        • horse
                        • animal

                        Cecil Morgan Magnolia Tree

                        This Magnolia Tree was planted in loving memory of Cecil Morgan 1898-1999  On the grounds of the Morgan Ancestral Home by  his family  March 2000

                        This Magnolia Tree was planted in loving memory of Cecil Morgan 1898-1999  On the grounds of the Morgan Ancestral Home by  his family  March 2000

                        • louisiana
                        • memorial
                        • tree
                        • baton rouge