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

Meigs' Experimental Railway

Much more detail on the marvelous Soonish Podcast.Image by Tim Pierce - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10422423

Much more detail on the marvelous Soonish Podcast.Image by Tim Pierce - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?cur id=10422423

    Quincy Homestead

    Quincy Homestead 1686 Quincy, MA Childhood Home of Dorothy Quincy Hancock (1747 - 1830), Wife of Governor John Hancock Owned & operated in private partnership by The Commonwealth of Ma DCR & the...

    Quincy Homestead 1686 Quincy, MA Childhood Home of Dorothy Quincy Hancock (1747 - 1830), Wife of Governor John Hancock Owned & operated in private partnership by The Commonwealth of Ma DCR &...

    • 1635
    • 1686

    Santa Cruz County Bank

      Col. A. J. Shuttleworth J.P.

      Submitted by @imageryan

      Submitted by @imageryan

        San Jose Maria Escriva de Balaguer

          Los Rios Historic District

            Francis Point Provincial Park

            FRANCIS POINT PROVINCIAL PARK  Est. March 9. 2000 after a long campaign by the  FRANCIS POINT MARINE PARK SOCIETY    Created with assistance from The Nature Conservancy of  Canada and The Nature...

            FRANCIS POINT PROVINCIAL PARK  Est. March 9. 2000 after a long campaign by the  FRANCIS POINT MARINE PARK SOCIETY    Created with assistance from The Nature Conservancy of  Canada and The Nature...

              Industry of East Cambridge

              This plaque is part of an installation of eight or more plaques placed on the grounds of the Middlesex Country Registry of Deeds by the Cambridge Historical Commission in 1976. It focuses on the...

              This plaque is part of an installation of eight or more plaques placed on the grounds of the Middlesex Country Registry of Deeds by the Cambridge Historical Commission in 1976. It focuses on the...

              • history
              • cambridge
              • boston
              • monorail
              • joe meigs
              • rapid transit
              • transportation
              • industry
              • east cambridge

              Coast Guard Station Bell, Depoe Bay

              THEY'RE FANTASY CHILDREN TONIGHT  SKIMMING THE MIRROR WAVES  HEADED OUT SOMEWHERE  WON'T BE BACK FOR AWHILE

              THEY'RE FANTASY CHILDREN TONIGHT  SKIMMING THE MIRROR WAVES  HEADED OUT SOMEWHERE  WON'T BE BACK FOR AWHILE

                Humphrey Booth the Elder

                © Copyright Bob Harvey and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.Submitted by @Geograph_Bob

                © Copyright Bob Harvey and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.Submitted by @Geograph_Bob

                  Bloody Thursday

                  In memory of Howard Sperry and Nick Bordoise, who gave their lives on Bloody Thursday, July 5, 1934, so that all working people might enjoy a greater measure of dignity and security.Sperry and...

                  In memory of Howard Sperry and Nick Bordoise, who gave their lives on Bloody Thursday, July 5, 1934, so that all working people might enjoy a greater measure of dignity and security.Sperry...

                    Houghton County / Houghton County Courthouse

                    Organized in 1845, Houghton County once comprised the entire Keweenaw Peninsula. Eagle River was its first county seat. In 1861, after the state legislature split the county into Keweenaw and...

                    Organized in 1845, Houghton County once comprised the entire Keweenaw Peninsula. Eagle River was its first county seat. In 1861, after the state legislature split the county into Keweenaw...

                    • michigan
                    • michigan his...

                    Bailey Temple Church Of God In Christ

                    On July 4, 1926, Pastor John Seth Bailey (1896-1984) founded the McKinley Avenue Church of God in Christ. The church held services in a tent here, then moved to a nearby store in the winter. They...

                    On July 4, 1926, Pastor John Seth Bailey (1896-1984) founded the McKinley Avenue Church of God in Christ. The church held services in a tent here, then moved to a nearby store in the winter. They...

                    • michigan
                    • michigan his...

                    Alumbrando Publico

                      Francis Violich

                      • codornices
                      • los amigos d...
                      • 1980

                      Lincoln at Kalamazoo

                      On August 27, 1856, here in this park, Abraham Lincoln, then an obscure lawyer, spoke to a rally for John Fremont, the Republican presidential nominee. This was the only time that Lincoln...

                      On August 27, 1856, here in this park, Abraham Lincoln, then an obscure lawyer, spoke to a rally for John Fremont, the Republican presidential nominee. This was the only time that...

                      • michigan
                      • michigan his...
                      • lincoln

                      Church of the Advent

                      THIS HOUSE OF GOD WAS PLANNED AND ITS  ERECTION SUPERVISED BY THE ARCHITECT  ELMER C. JENSEN HIS VISION TOGETHER WITH HIS LOYAL AND  FAITHFUL SERVICE TO THIS PARISH FROM ITS  BEGINNING, WERE...

                      THIS HOUSE OF GOD WAS PLANNED AND ITS  ERECTION SUPERVISED BY THE ARCHITECT  ELMER C. JENSEN HIS VISION TOGETHER WITH HIS LOYAL AND  FAITHFUL SERVICE TO THIS PARISH FROM ITS  BEGINNING,...

                      • jensen
                      • church

                      Berkeley Building

                      The Berkeley Building, a distinctive example of the Beaux-Arts style, was designed in 1905 by the firm of Codman and Despradelle. This early Back Bay commercial building features a terra cotta...

                      The Berkeley Building, a distinctive example of the Beaux-Arts style, was designed in 1905 by the firm of Codman and Despradelle. This early Back Bay commercial building features a terra...

                      • boston
                      • back bay
                      • restoration
                      • commercial
                      • terra cotta

                      Statue of Sir Stamford Raffles

                      The plaque sit under a large marble statue of Singapore's founder. It sits on the spot where Raffles is believed to have landed in 1819.The plaque reads: On this historic site Sir Thomas Stamford...

                      The plaque sit under a large marble statue of Singapore's founder. It sits on the spot where Raffles is believed to have landed in 1819.The plaque reads: On this historic site Sir Thomas Stamford...

                      • singapore
                      • raffles
                      • 1819
                      • obscure fish...
                      • great seaport

                      Washington Rock

                      Submitted by @JCA2374

                      Submitted by @JCA2374

                      • george ashington
                      • 1777
                      • hudson