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

Future Plaque: Restored Coastal Habitat Protected Roadways From Rising Seas

    Future Plaque: Restored Lake Tahoe Forest Curbed Megafires As Prescribed Burns Paid Off

      Future Plaque: Statewide Push To Replenish Groundwater Basins Protected During Drought

        Future Plaque: Biodiversity Protections Helped Native Species Rebound

          Future Plaque: Air Quality Reached Five-Year Best Thanks To Forest Restoration

            San Jose Convention Center

              Backesto Park

                Hobart Savings Bank

                THIS TABLET WAS UNVEILED BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF TASMANIA SIR ERNEST CLARK GCMG.KCB.CBE. TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HOBART SAVINGS BANK BY GEORGE WASHINGTON...

                  Point Bolivar

                  Bolivar Point In 1815, Colonel Henry Perry established a military camp here as part of a plan to invade Spanish Texas. In 1816, Galveston-based privateer Lewis-Michelle de Aury forced shiploads of...

                    Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long

                    Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long (July 23, 1798 – December 30, 1880) Born in Charles county, Maryland, Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long was a Texas pioneer. She married James Long in 1815, and joined him in...

                      Fort Travis

                      Fort Travis In early 1836, soon after Texas declared independence from Mexico, Republic of Texas president David Burnet dispatch Colonel Ed Harcourt to Galveston Island to erect a fort. Using army...

                        Flying Toasters

                        Flying Toasters 2095 Rose St. On this spot, starting in 1989, the original flying toaster factory operated. Millions of aerial bread-warming ma- chines flew from, this location to comput-...

                        • toaster
                        • flying toaster
                        • after dark
                        • screen saver

                        Northern Outfall Sewer

                        On the side of the bridge over Abbey Creek. The text on the plaque is "Metropolitan Board of Works / Northern Outfall Sewer / Constructed 1862-63 / John Thwaites Esqr Chairman / J W...

                        • sewer
                        • 1862
                        • 1863

                        Whose Anchor Was This?

                        Submitted by @Ritterton

                          Tavares Strachan, 'Belong/Brooklyn'

                          TAVARES STRACHAN Belong/Brooklyn, 2021 You Belong Here White neon, sintra, transformers 44' 2" L x 14' 8" Η Brooklyn is the vibrant center of New York City, a refuge for explorers and...

                          • new york
                          • brooklyn
                          • atlantic center
                          • barclays center
                          • prospect heights
                          • park slope
                          • art
                          • 2021