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

Suffolk Law School

DEDICATED TO THE SERVICE OF MEN WHO MUST STUDY, IF AT ALL, BY NIGHT

DEDICATED TO THE SERVICE OF MEN WHO MUST STUDY, IF AT ALL, BY NIGHT

    Tadeusz Kosciuszko 1746 - 1817

    TADEUSZ KOSCIUSZKO 1746 - 1817 I PREFER PEACE MORE THAN THE GREATEST RANK IN THE WORLD Submitted by MrWilsonZ

    TADEUSZ KOSCIUSZKO 1746 - 1817 I PREFER PEACE MORE THAN THE GREATEST RANK IN THE WORLD Submitted by MrWilsonZ

      The Traffic Jam

      The Traffic Jam In 1992 the American artist, Mark Bulwinkle, created the steel sculptures you see here and throughout the parking lots of The East Bay Bridge Shopping Center. To all the children...

      The Traffic Jam In 1992 the American artist, Mark Bulwinkle, created the steel sculptures you see here and throughout the parking lots of The East Bay Bridge Shopping Center. To all the...

        Coeur d' Alene Mining District

        Submitted by @larrycebula.

        Submitted by @larrycebula.

          Brooklyn Bridge National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark

            Site of the Bowling Green 1700

              New Croton Aqueduct

              • croton

              Brooklyn Bridge Reconstruction

                Power System of Boston's Rapid Transit, 1889

                  Boston Common: America's First Subway

                    The Spiders from Mars

                    Submitted by @Bernicessities.

                    Submitted by @Bernicessities.

                    • bowie
                    • ronson
                    • bolder
                    • woody
                    • woodmansey

                    William Dean Howells

                      Brookland Ferry Landing

                        Naval Yard Granite Wall

                          World's First Successful Long Distance Telephone Call

                          On this site Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, recieved from Brantford, Ontario, on August 10, 1876, the world's first successful long distance telephone call. Erected by the...

                          On this site Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, recieved from Brantford, Ontario, on August 10, 1876, the world's first successful long distance telephone call. Erected by...

                            Dedicated to the Men of the Boston Naval Shipyard

                              The Saxony

                              The Saxony Built in 1899, in the Italian Renaissance Revival style, the Saxony is the first apartment building designed by Emery Roth, the pre-eminent residential architect of New York City

                              The Saxony Built in 1899, in the Italian Renaissance Revival style, the Saxony is the first apartment building designed by Emery Roth, the pre-eminent residential architect of New York City

                              • emery roth
                              • architect

                              WWII Bomb Strike Marker

                              Submitted by @cyclingtiger.

                              Submitted by @cyclingtiger.

                                Old Ironsides in Dry Dock 1

                                  Pale Male

                                  Pale Male, a red-tailed hawk, is the P.S. 6 school mascot. In 1993, Pale Male came to New York CIty and built his nest on the facade of a Fifth Avenue apartment building. He was the first and one...

                                  Pale Male, a red-tailed hawk, is the P.S. 6 school mascot. In 1993, Pale Male came to New York CIty and built his nest on the facade of a Fifth Avenue apartment building. He was the first and one...

                                  • hawk
                                  • bird
                                  • elementary school