A gigantic map of all the cool plaques in the world. A project of 99% Invisible.
Explore the nearly 25,000 worldwide plaques on the Big Map big map screenshot
The most recent plaques:

Berkeley Fire Department Division of Training and Emergency Operations Center

    Robert Louis Stevenson

    TO REMEMBER ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON  TO BE HONEST TO BE KIND TO EARN A LIT-TLE TO SPEND A LIT-TLE LESS TO MAKE UPON THE WHOLE A FAMILY HAPPIER FOR HIS PRESENCE- TO RE-NOUNCE WHEN THAT SHALL BE...

    TO REMEMBER ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON  TO BE HONEST TO BE KIND TO EARN A LIT-TLE TO SPEND A LIT-TLE LESS TO MAKE UPON THE WHOLE A FAMILY HAPPIER FOR HIS PRESENCE- TO RE-NOUNCE WHEN THAT SHALL...

      In Honor of our Airport Neighbors

        Lee Terminal Building

          Site of the Bank of Lucas, Turner & CO. (Sherman’s Bank)

          Site of the Bank of Lucas, Turner & Co.  (Sherman's Bank)   William Tecumseh Sherman established the branch bank of Lucas, Turner & Co. in San Francisco in 1853. He settled the firm in their own...

          Site of the Bank of Lucas, Turner & Co.  (Sherman's Bank)   William Tecumseh Sherman established the branch bank of Lucas, Turner & Co. in San Francisco in 1853. He settled the firm in their own...

            Standiford Field

              Combahee River Raid

              Combahee River Raid  On June 1-2, 1863, a Federal Force consisting of elements of the 2nd S.C. Volunteer Infantry (an African- American unit) and the 3rd Rhode Island Artillery conducted a raid up...

              Combahee River Raid  On June 1-2, 1863, a Federal Force consisting of elements of the 2nd S.C. Volunteer Infantry (an African- American unit) and the 3rd Rhode Island Artillery conducted a raid...

              • harriet tubman
              • 1863
              • civil war
              • african american

              Florence Schwimley Little Theater

              CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1992 FLORENCE SCHWIMLEY LITTLE THEATER, 1948 BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY THEATER, 1939-1950 Henry H. Gutterson and William Corlett, Sr., Architects...

              CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1992 FLORENCE SCHWIMLEY LITTLE THEATER, 1948 BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY THEATER, 1939-1950 Henry H. Gutterson and William Corlett, Sr.,...

              • berkeley
              • bhs
              • theater
              • bas-relief

              National Pony Express Centennial Assn

              • pony express
              • eisenhower
              • waddell
              • one mail lost

              Pony Express Centennial

              • pony express
              • waddell

              Pony Express Plaques

              THESE PLAQUES PLACED ON THE SITE OF THE WESTERN BUSINESS HEADQUARTERS, APRIL 3, 1963, BY THE SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA PIONEERS

              THESE PLAQUES PLACED ON THE SITE OF THE WESTERN BUSINESS HEADQUARTERS, APRIL 3, 1963, BY THE SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA PIONEERS

              • pony express
              • eisenhower
              • waddell

              Central Overland Pony Express Trail Association, Inc

              • pony express
              • waddell
              • vanderbilt
              • nicaragua
              • clipper ship
              • lincoln
              • first inaugural

              Pony Express

              • pony express
              • 1950
              • missouri
              • river steamer
              • antelope
              • alta califor...

              Former First Unitarian Church

              • 1898
              • berkeley
              • unitarian

              Sather Gate

              SATHER GATE 2009 HISTORIC RESTORATION  Led by the Class of 1950 With support from The Class of 1954

              SATHER GATE 2009 HISTORIC RESTORATION  Led by the Class of 1950 With support from The Class of 1954

              • cal
              • gate
              • 1950
              • 1954

              la Petite Naples Marseillaise

              Ce jeudi 15 mars à 11h, place de Lenche (2e), a été inaugurée une plaque rappelant la destruction en 1943 du quartier du Vieux-Port. Du 1er au 19 février 1943, près de 1 500 immeubles furent...

              Ce jeudi 15 mars à 11h, place de Lenche (2e), a été inaugurée une plaque rappelant la destruction en 1943 du quartier du Vieux-Port. Du 1er au 19 février 1943, près de 1 500 immeubles...

                World's Tallest Totem Pole

                THIS TABLET IN MEMORY OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA INDIANS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WARS 1914 1918-1939 1945 WAS ERECTED BY THE B.C. INDIAN ARTS & WELFARE SOCIETY

                THIS TABLET IN MEMORY OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA INDIANS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WARS 1914 1918-1939 1945 WAS ERECTED BY THE B.C. INDIAN ARTS & WELFARE SOCIETY

                  World's Largest Totem Pole

                  THIS TABLET IN MEMORY OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA INDIANS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WARS 1914 1918-1939 1945 WAS ERECTED BY THE B.C. INDIAN ARTS & WELFARE SOCIETY  

                  THIS TABLET IN MEMORY OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA INDIANS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WARS 1914 1918-1939 1945 WAS ERECTED BY THE B.C. INDIAN ARTS & WELFARE SOCIETY

                  • british columbia
                  • wwi
                  • indian
                  • wwii

                  Indian Slough

                    Reves-Wilhelm Cemetery

                    In this small cemetery are buried members of a pioneer family that settled this land in the 1820s. Many descendants still live in this area. Here lies Peter Wilhelm, who in 1827 or 1829 acquired...

                    In this small cemetery are buried members of a pioneer family that settled this land in the 1820s. Many descendants still live in this area. Here lies Peter Wilhelm, who in 1827 or 1829 acquired...

                    • michigan
                    • michigan his...