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

State of Washington John L. O'Brien Building

Submitted by @Ritterton

Submitted by @Ritterton

    Great 1909 Auto Race

    GREAT 1909 AUTO RACE From this point in front of The Tampa Daily Times Building on Nov. 23, 1909, was started the Tampa - to - Jacksonville "endurance run" to promote good roads for Florida....

    GREAT 1909 AUTO RACE From this point in front of The Tampa Daily Times Building on Nov. 23, 1909, was started the Tampa - to - Jacksonville "endurance run" to promote good roads for...

      In This House Jane Austen Lived Her Last Days And Died 18th July 1817

      Submitted by @theoldstationuk

      Submitted by @theoldstationuk

        Transportation Encouraged Development

          Dr. Lawrence F. Flick

          DR. LAWRENCE F FLICK Pioneer in antituberculosis campaign and among first to recognize this disease was communicable. Organized first American tuberculosis society 1892. Founded White Haven...

          DR. LAWRENCE F FLICK Pioneer in antituberculosis campaign and among first to recognize this disease was communicable. Organized first American tuberculosis society 1892. Founded White...

            The First Telegraph Office in the Southern Hemisphere

            Submitted by @_marty_k

            Submitted by @_marty_k

              Hess v. Indiana

              Hess v. Indiana An Indiana University student protest led to a landmark First Amendment case. In response to the National Guard's killing of four students demonstrating against the Vietnam War at...

              Hess v. Indiana An Indiana University student protest led to a landmark First Amendment case. In response to the National Guard's killing of four students demonstrating against the Vietnam War...

                Fruit Jar High

                A two-story red brick building that housed Berea's elementary and high schools stood on this corner until demolished in 1972. The high school was nicknamed, "Fruit Jar High" after an Incident in...

                A two-story red brick building that housed Berea's elementary and high schools stood on this corner until demolished in 1972. The high school was nicknamed, "Fruit Jar High" after an Incident...

                  John Goodricke

                  From a window in Treasurer's House near this tablet. the young deaf and dumb astronomer JOHN GOODRICKE 1764 -1786 who was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society at the age of 21, observed the...

                  From a window in Treasurer's House near this tablet. the young deaf and dumb astronomer JOHN GOODRICKE 1764 -1786 who was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society at the age of 21, observed...

                    Benedict Arnold House

                    HERE STOOD THE HOUSE OCCUPIED BY GEN. BENEDICT ARNOLD, FAMOUS REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER, PROMINENT MERCHANT AND TRADER 1787 TO 1791 NEW BRUNSWICK HISTORICAL SOCIETY Submitted by @bthubbard

                    HERE STOOD THE HOUSE OCCUPIED BY GEN. BENEDICT ARNOLD, FAMOUS REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER, PROMINENT MERCHANT AND TRADER 1787 TO 1791 NEW BRUNSWICK HISTORICAL SOCIETY Submitted by @bthubbard

                      The Vanderhorst Allee of Oaks

                        Canadian Westinghouse Building

                        Submitted by @GreenlandCanada

                        Submitted by @GreenlandCanada

                          The Old Exchange

                          THE OLD EXCHANGE COMMISSIONED IN 1767 BY ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BRITISH COLONY OF SOUTH CAROLINA COMPLETED IN 1771 DEEDED IN 1917 BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA...

                          THE OLD EXCHANGE COMMISSIONED IN 1767 BY ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BRITISH COLONY OF SOUTH CAROLINA COMPLETED IN 1771 DEEDED IN 1917 BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO THE SOUTH...

                            Benjamin Franklin Court

                              Sunsweep, New Brunswick

                              Submitted by @bthubbard

                              Submitted by @bthubbard

                              • sunsweep

                              Bettis Family Cemetery

                              Here was the farm of the Tillman Bettis family, the second to settle on the Memphis bluff after the 1818 treaty, even before the town was laid off. Mary Bettis was the first child born in the new...

                              Here was the farm of the Tillman Bettis family, the second to settle on the Memphis bluff after the 1818 treaty, even before the town was laid off. Mary Bettis was the first child born in the new...

                              • shelby county
                              • tennessee

                              In Memory of William Heath Robinson

                              Submitted by @lapurplepenguin

                              Submitted by @lapurplepenguin

                                The Old Rotation at Auburn University

                                ALABAHA THE OLD ROTATION Established in 1896 by Professor J. F. Duggar. the Old Rotation at Auburn University is: (1) the oldest, continuous cotton experiment in the U.S.: (2) the 3rd oldest...

                                ALABAHA THE OLD ROTATION Established in 1896 by Professor J. F. Duggar. the Old Rotation at Auburn University is: (1) the oldest, continuous cotton experiment in the U.S.: (2) the 3rd...

                                  Second Bank of the United States

                                  • that war
                                  • the war of 1861-1865
                                  • one of the v...

                                  Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna

                                  Submitted by @Sean_YYZ.

                                  Submitted by @Sean_YYZ.