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

Neon Boneyard Park

  Submitted by @jqmcd 

  Submitted by @jqmcd 

  • neon
  • boneyard
  • park
  • los vegas
  • nevada

85 Merrimack Street - National Register of Historic Places

This property, 85 Merrimack Street, has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.

This property, 85 Merrimack Street, has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.

  • boston
  • west end
  • national reg...
  • 85 merrimack
  • massachusetts

Rest and be thankful to Thomas Brown

"Rest and be thankful to Thomas Brown built 1919" On the side of a concrete framed park seat in the town belt.

"Rest and be thankful to Thomas Brown built 1919" On the side of a concrete framed park seat in the town belt.

  • seat
  • publicworks
  • dunedin
  • new zealand
  • thomas brown

Site of Columbia College

The plaque reads "Site of Columbia College 1856 - 1860" The plaque is on a carved stone which reads: "Columbia College First school of higher education in Lane County  Built in 1854"

The plaque reads "Site of Columbia College 1856 - 1860" The plaque is on a carved stone which reads: "Columbia College First school of higher education in Lane County  Built in 1854"

  • oregon
  • eugene
  • college

Magee Marsh Wildlife Area

Ohio Historical MarkerMagee Marsh Wildlife AreaA feature of the Great Black SwampA dense swamp forest roughly the size of the state of Connecticut once stretched across this region of Ohio and...

Ohio Historical MarkerMagee Marsh Wildlife AreaA feature of the Great Black SwampA dense swamp forest roughly the size of the state of Connecticut once stretched across this region of Ohio and...

  • ohio
  • swamp

In Loving Memory of Liz Resner

More info at SF Gate.

More info at SF Gate.

  • berkeley
  • california
  • bay area

Commemorating Francis Salvador

Commemorating Francis Salvador 1747-1776 First Jew in South Carolina to hold public office First Jew to die for American Independance He came to Charles Town from his native London in 1773 to...

Commemorating Francis Salvador 1747-1776 First Jew in South Carolina to hold public office First Jew to die for American Independance He came to Charles Town from his native London in 1773...

  • charleston
  • south carolina
  • jewish
  • south caroli...
  • francis
  • salvador
  • 1747
  • 1776
  • jewish
  • 1950

St James United Church of Christ

  Submitted by @jqmcd 

  Submitted by @jqmcd 

  • church
  • lottesville
  • virginia
  • 1720
  • 1735

Mother of the Wright Brothers

MOTHER OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS  SIX MILES NORTH, AT HILLSBORO, WAS BORN IN 1831 SUSAN KOERNER, MOTHER OF WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT, INVENTORS OF THE AIR-PLANE. Submitted by @jqmcd 

MOTHER OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS  SIX MILES NORTH, AT HILLSBORO, WAS BORN IN 1831 SUSAN KOERNER, MOTHER OF WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT, INVENTORS OF THE AIR-PLANE. Submitted by @jqmcd 

  • wright brothers
  • purcelville
  • virginia
  • airplane

A Replica of that Which is Dedicated

  On the back of this plaque. Submitted by @jqmcd 

  On the back of this plaque. Submitted by @jqmcd 

  • meta
  • goshen scout camp
  • virginia
  • plaque plaque

Lake Merriweather

  • merriweather
  • scouting
  • marjorie
  • post

Cambridge Athenaeum

CAMBRIDGE ATHENAEUM SITE OF A PRIVATE LIBRARY THAT BECAME CAMBRIDGE'S FIRST CITY HALL 1854-1890 LATER HOME  OF THE PROSPECT UNION 1851 * 1922 Submitted by @mywolfson

CAMBRIDGE ATHENAEUM SITE OF A PRIVATE LIBRARY THAT BECAME CAMBRIDGE'S FIRST CITY HALL 1854-1890 LATER HOME  OF THE PROSPECT UNION 1851 * 1922 Submitted by @mywolfson

  • cambrdige
  • massachusetts
  • athenaeum

McGee-Spaulding

BERKELEY HISTORY HISTORIC McGEE-SPAULDING DISTRICT In 1855, Irish-born James McGee (1814–1899) bought 115 acres of the old Peralta rancho—now the McGee Tract—for farmland. Later he donated land...

BERKELEY HISTORY HISTORIC McGEE-SPAULDING DISTRICT In 1855, Irish-born James McGee (1814–1899) bought 115 acres of the old Peralta rancho—now the McGee Tract—for farmland. Later he donated land...

  • berkeley
  • california
  • bay area
  • mcgee
  • spaulding
  • souther paci...
  • streetcar

Chamber of Commerce/Wells Fargo

  • berkeley
  • california
  • wells fargo

Doras M. Briggs

  • emeryville
  • california
  • bay area
  • amtrak

Bell of the First Church in Lincoln

  • lincoln
  • california
  • bell

Anton Dolenz Memorial Grove

  • big basin
  • california
  • memorial grove
  • dolenz

High Cliff State Park Observation Tower

THIS TOWER IS DEDICATED TO WILLIAM M. WRIGHT SPIRITED LEADER AND LONGTIME FRIEND OF HIGH CLIFF STATE PARK BUILT IN 1984 WITH PRIVATE FUNDS FROM KIMBERLY-CLARK FOUNDATION, INC AND HIGH CLIFF STATE...

THIS TOWER IS DEDICATED TO WILLIAM M. WRIGHT SPIRITED LEADER AND LONGTIME FRIEND OF HIGH CLIFF STATE PARK BUILT IN 1984 WITH PRIVATE FUNDS FROM KIMBERLY-CLARK FOUNDATION, INC AND HIGH CLIFF STATE...

  • observation
  • tower
  • wisconsin
  • high
  • cliff

Saratoga (Formerly Toll Gate, McCartysville, Bank Mills)

  • saratoga
  • anza
  • grist mill
  • california

Hutchinson's Quary

  • saratoga
  • california
  • limestone
  • quarry