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

Senator Joseph Finnegan Park at Port Norfolk

Joseph Finnegan Park at Port Norfolk in Dorchester, Boston. This was a former industrial site that housed the Shaffer Paper Company. Now an oasis of life with restored wetlands and an important...

    The Life And Times Of The Boston Harbor

      Treaty of Utrecht

      This plaque at the back of the old town hall in the center of Utrecht tells about the treaty of Utrecht. It is in Dutch and English text, and explains that in april 1713 the first time...

      • townhall
      • treaty of utrecht

      Willemshof

      This plaque tells the history of the building called "Willemshof". It started as the royal horse stables of king Willem II, and was donated to be converted into a church by his son king...

      • office building
      • former church
      • royal stables

      West Bridgewater Monument, built 1879

       The memorial was dedicated on July 4, 1879. It lists the names of the 30 West Bridgewater residents who died in the war. The primary inscription reads, “In Memory of the Citizens of this Town, in...

        Witness Stones for enslaved people Cato, Jin Cole and Titus at Historic Deerfield, Massachusetts

        These three markers are "Witness Stones" commemorating three enslaved people who lived in Old Deerfield in the late 1700s and early 1800s. They were three of more than 25 enslaved people owned by...

        • witness stones
        • historic deerfield
        • slavery

        Crónica Miscelánea de la Sta. Provincia de Xalisco

        Aquí estuvo el conventode San Francisco, dondeFray Antonio Telloescribiera su CrónicaMiscelánea de la Sta.Provincia de XaliscoInstituto Jaliciense de Antrolopogía e HistoriaH. Ayuntamiento...

        • jalisco
        • guadalajara
        • méxico
        • nueva españa
        • convento

        Ukrainian Institute

        This historical mansion was dedicated on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Ukrainian Institute of America to the memory of William Dzus, founder and benefactorOctober,  19  1974Henry...

        • ukraine
        • ukrainian institute
        • henry sinclair

        Evidence of Erruptions

          Bonneville Salt Flats

            George Herman Ruth

            George Herman Ruth The Babe Resided here until his death in 1948110 - 118 Riverside Drive tenants AssociationSubmitted by Erik Lander

              Rochester Time Capsule

              TIME CAPSULEIn celebration of the national bicentennialROCHESTER ROTARY CLUBplaced a Time Capsule in the baseof this lion, to be openedJULY 4, 2076This plaque donated to mark theTime...

              • rochester

              Chief Okemos of the Chippewas

              Erected to the memory of Chief Okemos of the Chippewas whose tribe once occupied the ground upon which this school now stands. * Brave in battle * Wise in council * * Honorable in peace * After...

                First Police Radio

                Electrical Engineering Milestone - Site of the first one way police radio communication 

                  Dorothy Parker

                  Dorothy Parker1893-1967The popular poet, critic, short story writer, screenwriter and social justice champion lived here as a teenager. Parker lived here with her father, J. Henry Rothschild, in 1910.

                  • dorothy parker
                  • j. henry rothschild
                  • social justice