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

Fernando Berrocal

FERNANDO BERROCAL 1975-2007 EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE GONE YOUR LOVING MEMORY WILL LIVE ON. YOUR LOVING WIFE, FAMILY AND FRIENDS.   Submitted by @lampbane

  • brooklyn
  • brooklyn heights
  • brooklyn hei...
  • promenade
  • bench
  • fernando berrocal
  • 1975
  • 2007

Ida B. Wells

July 16, 1862- March 25, 1931 Born into slavery in Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1862, Ida B. Wells was an investigative journalist, newspaper co- owner and suffragist who launched the...

  • ida b. wells
  • journalist
  • black history
  • willoughby street
  • myrtle avenue
  • 4 metrotech
  • gold street
  • brooklyn
  • downtown brooklyn

Edith Bolling Wilson

EDITH BOLLING WILSON Edith Bolling Wilson was born here on 15 Oct. 1872, where she lived with her parents Judge William H. and Sallie White Bolling and ten siblings.  Edith Bolling married...

    St. James Baptist Church

    ST. JAMES BAPTIST CHURCH This church, founded in 1886 by former members of First African Baptist Church, is one of the oldest surviving institutions remaining from the town of Mitchelville, a...

      Cherry Hill School

      CHERRY HILL SCHOOL This one-room frame school, built ca. 1937, was the first separate school building constructed for African-American students on Hilton Head Island.  It replaced an...

        Mitchelville Site

        MITCHELVILLE SITE In 1862, after Hilton Head’s fall to Union forces in 1861, this town, planned for the area’s former slaves and named for General Ormsby M. Mitchel, began. Submitted by...

          Antislavery Society

          ANTISLAVERY SOCIETY The founding meeting of the Michigan Antislavery Society was held in the First Presbyterian Church, located on this site, on November 10, 1836.  Delegates from six...

            Macoun Marsh

            The Macoun Marsh is a small area of land that has been set aside to protect the nature found here. Owned by the Beechwood Cemetery, it is a lovely place to explore an urban wetland...

              Hart Massey House

              This residence, completed in 1959, sensitively echoes its natural setting, making it a distinctly Canadian interpretation of the International Style. Its minimalist design reflects the modernist...

                Barkaloo Cemetery

                DEDICATEDTO TO THE SACRED MEMORY OFOUR COMRADESOF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR   ERECTED MAY 19, 1935 ROBERT PORTER POST NO 986 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF U.S.   Submitted by @lampbane

                • barkaloo cemetery
                • revolutionary war
                • colonial
                • veterans of ...
                • vfw
                • brooklyn
                • bay ridge