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

Simon Snyder

 Submitted by @TBuckwalterLNP 

 Submitted by @TBuckwalterLNP 

  • lancaster
  • pennsylvania
  • snyder
  • war of 1812
  • sound currency
  • governor

Elmwood

  Submitted by @csixty4 

  Submitted by @csixty4 

  • elmwood
  • lowell
  • cambridge
  • massachusetts
  • harvard

Providence (Water Street)

PROVIDENCE(WATER STREET) THE SITE OF AN 18TH CENTURY SEAPORT VILLAGE WHERE SEAFARING MERCHANTS PARTICIPATED IN THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE. IN THE 20TH CENTURY THIS PORT WAS USED BY CAPE VERDEANS WHO...

PROVIDENCE(WATER STREET) THE SITE OF AN 18TH CENTURY SEAPORT VILLAGE WHERE SEAFARING MERCHANTS PARTICIPATED IN THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE. IN THE 20TH CENTURY THIS PORT WAS USED BY CAPE VERDEANS WHO...

  • cape verde
  • rhode island
  • providence
  • slavery

Rhododendron Dedication

Submitted by @foodgoesinmouth    

Submitted by @foodgoesinmouth  

  • portland
  • oregon
  • rhododendron

Knoxville's Market House

Submitted by Aaron Bowman.

Submitted by Aaron Bowman.

  • knoxville
  • tennessee
  • civil war
  • powder magazine
  • farm products
  • civic life

Hermann the German's Footprint

Submitted by @gkatz.

Submitted by @gkatz.

  • new ulm
  • minnesota
  • fakes
  • footprints

Curbar Pinfold

Submitted by @samwake.

Submitted by @samwake.

  • pinfold
  • cattle
  • sheep
  • pinder
  • pinfold

The Thistle Rink

  Submitted by @urbanbotplay  

  Submitted by @urbanbotplay

  • edmonton
  • canada
  • alberta
  • fire
  • secord
  • rink
  • skating
  • legislative assembly

From Goths and Utilitarians

Location from Best Tea Shop Walks in Oxfordshire by Julie Meech. Submitted by @omorley1.

Location from Best Tea Shop Walks in Oxfordshire by Julie Meech. Submitted by @omorley1.

  • herbert white
  • oxfordshire
  • oxford
  • st lukes
  • england

William M. Tugman

This plaque is near the south end of Tugman Park, the park being named after William M. Tugman. It's a very nice park, with a large play field, a walking path, many trees and a sand area with play...

This plaque is near the south end of Tugman Park, the park being named after William M. Tugman. It's a very nice park, with a large play field, a walking path, many trees and a sand area with...

  • memorial
  • tugman
  • editor
  • register-guard

James Tilden Sheckard

  Submitted by @TBuckwalterLNP 

  Submitted by @TBuckwalterLNP 

  • lancaster
  • pennsylvania
  • baseball

Leo F. Hauk

  Submitted by @TBuckwalterLNP 

  Submitted by @TBuckwalterLNP 

  • lancaster
  • pennsylvania
  • boxing

Wadsworth House Slave Plaque

Submitted by @RoyallHouse   

Submitted by @RoyallHouse 

  • harvard
  • slavery
  • cambridge
  • massachusetts
  • wadsworth
  • titus
  • venus
  • juba
  • bilhah

Robert Livermore First Settler of Livermore Valley

Submitted by @jqmcd

Submitted by @jqmcd

  • livermore
  • california
  • 1830
  • rancho
  • england
  • monterey

Anaheim Landing

This plaque is at the southern edge of Seal Beach, California, outside of some sort of military property. Soon after the founding of the Mother Colony at Anaheim in 1857, Anaheim Landing was...

This plaque is at the southern edge of Seal Beach, California, outside of some sort of military property. Soon after the founding of the Mother Colony at Anaheim in 1857, Anaheim Landing...

  • southern california
  • orange county
  • anaheim
  • mother colony
  • santa ana

Douglass-Hines Building Bricks

Submitted by Sheila Paske

Submitted by Sheila Paske

  • placerville
  • fire
  • 1856
  • bricks
  • fountain
  • milton
  • iron door
  • gold rush

Emigrant Jane

EMIGRANT JAME DROVE A BAND OF HORSES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND FROM THE PROCEEDS OF THEIR SALE SHE ERECTED THIS BUILDING IN 1861PLACED BY THE MARGUERITE PARLOR NO - 12 NATIVE DAUGHTERS OF THE GOLDEN...

EMIGRANT JAME DROVE A BAND OF HORSES ACROSS THE PLAINS AND FROM THE PROCEEDS OF THEIR SALE SHE ERECTED THIS BUILDING IN 1861PLACED BY THE MARGUERITE PARLOR NO - 12 NATIVE DAUGHTERS OF THE GOLDEN...

  • placerville
  • jane
  • horses
  • plains

Withstood the Fire of 1856

THIS BUILDING ERECTED IN 1852WITHSTOOD THE FIRE OF 1856 DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE PIONEERSBY MARGUERITE PARLOR NO 12[?]N.D.G.W. Submitted by Sheila Paske.

THIS BUILDING ERECTED IN 1852WITHSTOOD THE FIRE OF 1856 DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE PIONEERSBY MARGUERITE PARLOR NO 12[?]N.D.G.W. Submitted by Sheila Paske.

  • placerville
  • fire
  • 1856
  • pioneers

Federal Land Bank

FEDERAL LAND BANK James W. Plachck, Architect, 1938ELS Architects, 1999 The Farm Credit Administration built this structure to house federal agricultural banking and financial agencies. including...

FEDERAL LAND BANK James W. Plachck, Architect, 1938ELS Architects, 1999 The Farm Credit Administration built this structure to house federal agricultural banking and financial agencies. including...

  • berkeley
  • california
  • bay area
  • bank
  • city hall

Armstrong College Building

ARMSTRONG COLLEGE BUILDING Walter H. Ratcliff, Jr..Architect  1923   “TO INCULCATE THE HIGHEST STANDARDS AND IDEALS IN BUSINESS." That lofty aim, incised high on the facade of this graceful...

ARMSTRONG COLLEGE BUILDING Walter H. Ratcliff, Jr..Architect  1923   “TO INCULCATE THE HIGHEST STANDARDS AND IDEALS IN BUSINESS." That lofty aim, incised high on the facade of this...

  • berkeley
  • california
  • bay area
  • dharma
  • penmanship