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

Williams Memorial Arch

    The "Snail in the Bottle" Case

    Submitted by @LynnieYankee.

    Submitted by @LynnieYankee.

      Coal Miners in Colorado

      DEDICATED JANUARY 1977 TO THE MEMORY OF THE COAL MINERS LOUISVILLE, COLORADO 1878 "TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE" submitted by John Bradley JEB

      DEDICATED JANUARY 1977 TO THE MEMORY OF THE COAL MINERS LOUISVILLE, COLORADO 1878 "TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE" submitted by John Bradley JEB

      • mining
      • coal mining
      • louisville
      • colorado
      • statue

      Prince Albert Red Deer Forks Trail

      Prince Albert Red Deer Forks TrailFirst Nations people would have used this trail for many years but documented use of this trail began in 1800 when the Hudson's Bay Company built Chesterfield...

      Prince Albert Red Deer Forks TrailFirst Nations people would have used this trail for many years but documented use of this trail began in 1800 when the Hudson's Bay Company built...

      • saskatchewan
      • asquith
      • fur trade
      • hudson's bay company
      • northwest mo...
      • métis

      Sandstone Trough, Olvera Street, Los Angeles

      Sandstone Trough used for feeding crushed acorns to livestock, hewn in 1897, by the Schweikand Family on their San Fernando Valley Ranch. Presented, in 1930, by The Department of Water and Power...

      Sandstone Trough used for feeding crushed acorns to livestock, hewn in 1897, by the Schweikand Family on their San Fernando Valley Ranch. Presented, in 1930, by The Department of Water and Power...

        Marcha del Rector

        El 1° de agosto de 1968 la Universidad llegó hasta aquí encabezada por su rector JAVIER BARROS SIERRA.Brazo con brazo, estudiantes y maestros de todo México protagonizaron ese día la primera...

        El 1° de agosto de 1968 la Universidad llegó hasta aquí encabezada por su rector JAVIER BARROS SIERRA.Brazo con brazo, estudiantes y maestros de todo México protagonizaron ese día la...

          Inquisition

          Frente a este lugar estuvo el quemadero de la Inquisición de 1596 a 1771. Dirección de monumentos coloniales y de la República.- In front of this place was the burner of the Inquisition from 1596...

          Frente a este lugar estuvo el quemadero de la Inquisición de 1596 a 1771. Dirección de monumentos coloniales y de la República.- In front of this place was the burner of the Inquisition from 1596...

            Het Utrechts schip

            This plaque explains the metal sculpture here, in the form of a ship. At this location the remains of a thousand year old wooden ship was found 2.3 meters deep in the ground, in december 1930. The...

            This plaque explains the metal sculpture here, in the form of a ship. At this location the remains of a thousand year old wooden ship was found 2.3 meters deep in the ground, in december 1930....

            • archeology
            • old ship
            • utrecht
            • 1000 ad

            Ivan Reitman Cinema

            IVAN REITMAN CINEMA   Director Ivan Reitman has entertained and influenced generations of film lovers with seminal films like STRIPES, MEATBALLS, and DAVE. In GHOSTBUSTERS, be made hilariously...

            IVAN REITMAN CINEMA   Director Ivan Reitman has entertained and influenced generations of film lovers with seminal films like STRIPES, MEATBALLS, and DAVE. In GHOSTBUSTERS, be made...

            • new york
            • manhattan
            • downtown manhattan
            • wall street
            • ivan reitman
            • movies
            • cinema
            • film
            • alamo drafthouse

            Raymond Lemieux: First Chemical Synthesis of Sucrose

            National Historic Chemical LandmarkRaymond U. Lemieux: First chemical synthesis of sucroseAt this site, the National Research Council Canada's Prairie Regional Laboratory, Raymond U. Lemieux, with...

            National Historic Chemical LandmarkRaymond U. Lemieux: First chemical synthesis of sucroseAt this site, the National Research Council Canada's Prairie Regional Laboratory, Raymond U. Lemieux, with...

            • saskatoon
            • saskatchewan
            • canada
            • chemistry
            • sucrose
            • national res...
            • science

            William Bartram Trail

            In 1775, traveling by boat Bartram passed here, noting higher land and trees "of an incredible magnitude"

            In 1775, traveling by boat Bartram passed here, noting higher land and trees "of an incredible magnitude"

            • louisiana
            • bartram trail
            • livingston parish

            Pottery Hill

            This site (16ST48), dominated by the ancient Castain Oak (2006, Live Oak Society), has provided evidence of human activity though a sequence of aboriginal ceramics dating from the late Tchefuncte...

            This site (16ST48), dominated by the ancient Castain Oak (2006, Live Oak Society), has provided evidence of human activity though a sequence of aboriginal ceramics dating from the late Tchefuncte...

            • louisiana
            • native american
            • st. tammany parish

            Simpson Church of God

            Second oldest continuously active Church of God in Louisiana. Began by Robert H. Owens, 1897. 1st named Welcome Church of God. 1st convert was James Harville. Early converts from Pine Island...

            Second oldest continuously active Church of God in Louisiana. Began by Robert H. Owens, 1897. 1st named Welcome Church of God. 1st convert was James Harville. Early converts from Pine...

            • louisiana
            • rapides parish
            • church
            • religion

            A.Z. Young's Home Civil Rights Leader

            While serving as the President of the historic Bogalusa Civic and Voters League (The League), Dr. A. Z. Young, a noted Civil Rights Leader, Luminary & Icon, led the historic 1967 nine day Civil...

            While serving as the President of the historic Bogalusa Civic and Voters League (The League), Dr. A. Z. Young, a noted Civil Rights Leader, Luminary & Icon, led the historic 1967 nine day...

            • louisiana
            • civil rights
            • washington parish

            Macy Street Grade Separation

            Macy Street Grade Separation, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, Project 4361, City of Los Angeles, Frank L. Shaw, Mayor. August 1931

            Macy Street Grade Separation, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, Project 4361, City of Los Angeles, Frank L. Shaw, Mayor. August 1931

              Northern Terminus of the First Commercial Monorail in America

              In commemoration of service and honor to the Seattle World’s Fair April 21 – October 21 1962 and the City of Seattle Placed in tribute this 19th day of October 1962 at the site of the northern...

              In commemoration of service and honor to the Seattle World’s Fair April 21 – October 21 1962 and the City of Seattle Placed in tribute this 19th day of October 1962 at the site of the northern...

                George Washington

                George Washington   An authorized cast bronze by The Gorham Foundry from the original by Jean Antoine Houden (17 41–18 28) which stands in the state capital at Richmond, Virginia. It was purchased...

                George Washington   An authorized cast bronze by The Gorham Foundry from the original by Jean Antoine Houden (17 41–18 28) which stands in the state capital at Richmond, Virginia. It was purchased...

                  Robert A. Conyes

                  In Memory of ROBERT A. CONYES by Harriet B. Conyes

                  In Memory of ROBERT A. CONYES by Harriet B. Conyes

                    Jo and Norm Budman

                    Jo and Norm Budman Celebrating 50 years of marriage "I'll never find another you"

                    Jo and Norm Budman Celebrating 50 years of marriage "I'll never find another you"

                      John Balbach