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

Cataldo Mission

Submitted by Debby Drake.

Submitted by Debby Drake.

  • cataldo
  • idaho
  • mission
  • coeur d'alene
  • lawrence
  • almquist

Sunshine Mining Company

Submitted by Debby Drake. [Location approximate]

Submitted by Debby Drake. [Location approximate]

  • silver valley
  • idaho
  • miing
  • coeur d'alene
  • sunshine

1910 Firefighters Memorial

Submitted by Debby Drake.   [Location approximate]

Submitted by Debby Drake.   [Location approximate]

  • wallace
  • idaho
  • fire
  • 1910
  • firefighters

Wallace, Idaho

FOUNDED AS A MINING TOWN IN 1884, WALLACE BECAME A RAILROAD CENTER IN 1887 AND SHOSHONE COUNTY SEAT IN 1898. Rebuilt after a disastrous fire in 1890, Wallace has preserved its pioneer mining...

FOUNDED AS A MINING TOWN IN 1884, WALLACE BECAME A RAILROAD CENTER IN 1887 AND SHOSHONE COUNTY SEAT IN 1898. Rebuilt after a disastrous fire in 1890, Wallace has preserved its pioneer mining...

  • wallace
  • idaho
  • 1890
  • 1920
  • fire
  • railway

Kellogg's Jackass

Kellogg's Jackass With a grubstake of one jackass and $18.75 worth of flour, bacon, and beans, Noah Kellogg came here prospecting in 1855. Not far from here, his jackass strayed away.  Kellogg...

Kellogg's Jackass With a grubstake of one jackass and $18.75 worth of flour, bacon, and beans, Noah Kellogg came here prospecting in 1855. Not far from here, his jackass strayed away....

  • kellogg
  • jackass
  • noah
  • wardener
  • bunker hill mine
  • lead
  • silver
  • zinc

Pennsylvania Medical Society

Submitted by @TBuckwalterLNP 

Submitted by @TBuckwalterLNP 

  • lancaster
  • pennsylvania
  • methodist
  • episcopal
  • medical
  • hume

Lancaster County

  • lancaster
  • pennsylvania
  • chester
  • rich farmland
  • ethnic diversity

Rock Ford

ROCK FORD-- * --Name of the Colonial mansion of Edward Hand, Adjutant General of the Continental Army, and notable Lancaster physician. George Washington was entertained here in 1791. The old...

ROCK FORD-- * --Name of the Colonial mansion of Edward Hand, Adjutant General of the Continental Army, and notable Lancaster physician. George Washington was entertained here in 1791. The old...

  • lancaster
  • pennsylvania
  • rock
  • rod
  • hand
  • army
  • washington

Hap Magee Ranch Park

Hap Magee Ranch Park is located on the former property of Camp Swain, established as a warm place for the children of the San Francisco Protestant Orphanage Asylum to go to escape San Francisco's...

Hap Magee Ranch Park is located on the former property of Camp Swain, established as a warm place for the children of the San Francisco Protestant Orphanage Asylum to go to escape San Francisco's...

  • orphanage
  • park
  • bay area
  • san francisco
  • asylvm
  • tasker swain
  • 1874
  • 1918
  • water fountain
  • drinking fountains
  • brick effigy
  • hap magee

Tom Paines Cottage

Tom Paines Cottage c.1759 Author of "Rights of Man" Inspired the American Declaration of Independence   Tom Paine is one of the founding fathers of the United States.

Tom Paines Cottage c.1759 Author of "Rights of Man" Inspired the American Declaration of Independence   Tom Paine is one of the founding fathers of the United States.

    Welcome to the Silver Valley

      Welcome to the Silver Valley More than 1.2 billion ounces of silver have been mined in Idaho’s Silver Valley where once hundreds of mines were actively worked. Today there are just a few active...

      Welcome to the Silver Valley More than 1.2 billion ounces of silver have been mined in Idaho’s Silver Valley where once hundreds of mines were actively worked. Today there are just a few active...

    • idaho
    • silver

    Murray Gold Fields

    Submitted by Debby Drake.

    Submitted by Debby Drake.

    • idaho
    • gold
    • murray
    • eagle city
    • miners
    • shoshone

    Mine Deaths -- 43

    • butte
    • montana
    • copper
    • toxic waste
    • berkeley

    Southern Gallatin County

    THIS BASIN WAS SETTLED BY RANCHERS AND HOMESTEADERS. BANNOCK INDIANS HAD ENCAMPMENTS HERE AS LATE AS 1913. NEAR HERE IS THE WEST ENTRANCE TO YELLOWSTONE PARK, THE NATIONS'S FIRST NATIONAL PARK...

    THIS BASIN WAS SETTLED BY RANCHERS AND HOMESTEADERS. BANNOCK INDIANS HAD ENCAMPMENTS HERE AS LATE AS 1913. NEAR HERE IS THE WEST ENTRANCE TO YELLOWSTONE PARK, THE NATIONS'S FIRST NATIONAL PARK...

    • montana

    The Boseman Trains

    Submitted by Debby Drake.  

    Submitted by Debby Drake.

    • bozeman
    • montana
    • gold

    A Tough Business

    Submitted by Debby Drake. [Location approximate]

    Submitted by Debby Drake. [Location approximate]

    • montana
    • traders

    Old Patent Office, Washington DC

    National Historic Landmark plaque marking the location of the Old Patent Office Building, Washington DC. This was the third public building constructed in Washington DC, after the White House and...

    National Historic Landmark plaque marking the location of the Old Patent Office Building, Washington DC. This was the third public building constructed in Washington DC, after the White House and...

    • washington dc
    • patent office
    • smithsonian
    • landmark

    Tiananmen Square Memorial Plaque

     IN MEMORY OF  THOSE WHO DIED IN TIENANMEN  SQUARE IN JUNE, 1989   This plaque is virtually invisible until you're standing on top of it, located in the Great Court at the University of...

     IN MEMORY OF  THOSE WHO DIED IN TIENANMEN  SQUARE IN JUNE, 1989   This plaque is virtually invisible until you're standing on top of it, located in the Great Court at the University of...

    • political protest
    • university
    • brisbane

    Early Architecture

    Submitted by @TBuckwalterLNP

    Submitted by @TBuckwalterLNP

    • lancaster
    • pennsylvania

    Elijah McCoy

    • the real mccoy
    • oil
    • son of former slaves
    • steam engine