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

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

                                Alviso Adobe

                                Submitted by @jqmcd

                                Submitted by @jqmcd