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

Elena Oberg Moreno

    Terceros Franciscanos

      Pbro. Pedro Velazquez

        En El Gruta Comio El Sr General Diaz

          Bear Flag Raised June 14, 1846

            The End of the Mission Trail 1523-1823

              Fire Chief Raymond Pigoni

                Benicia Promenade

                  Dedicated to the Memory of the Pony Express Riders

                    The Grand Army of Liberty

                    To those citizens of the United States who at the call of humanity laid aside their vocations to become soldiers in the Grand Army of Liberty. This memorial is dedicated 1918

                    To those citizens of the United States who at the call of humanity laid aside their vocations to become soldiers in the Grand Army of Liberty. This memorial is dedicated 1918

                      Pause Traveler and Be Grateful to Norton 1st

                      From Robert Anton Wilson (more here)

                      From Robert Anton Wilson (more here)

                        Little Bay de Noc

                        The Noquet (or Noc) Indians, who once lived along these shores, gave this bay its name. Here at Sand Point, in 1844, Douglass Houghton came with his party of government surveyors to chart the land...

                        The Noquet (or Noc) Indians, who once lived along these shores, gave this bay its name. Here at Sand Point, in 1844, Douglass Houghton came with his party of government surveyors to chart the land...

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                        Orsel McGhee House

                        In 1944 the Orsel McGhees, a black family, moved here into what was then an all-white neighborhood. A neighboring family won a court order revoking the McGhees’ purchase of the house on the basis...

                        In 1944 the Orsel McGhees, a black family, moved here into what was then an all-white neighborhood. A neighboring family won a court order revoking the McGhees’ purchase of the house on the basis...

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                        Masters of Navigation

                        Chinese Explore the World in Junks

                        Chinese Explore the World in Junks

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                        • treasure fleet

                        DuPage County Pioneer Park

                          Andrews University

                          This, the oldest Seventh-day Adventist college and the pioneer in a world-wide system of Christian education, was chartered in 1874 at Battle Creek as Battle Creek College. It was moved to Berrien...

                          This, the oldest Seventh-day Adventist college and the pioneer in a world-wide system of Christian education, was chartered in 1874 at Battle Creek as Battle Creek College. It was moved to...

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                          In Fond & Loving Memory of Anthony, Colleen & Vivien Wong

                            Parque del Tepeyac

                              Johnson & Wales University

                                Sallie Rutherford Thaler

                                Memorial Presented to the City of Oakland by Aloha Parlor No. 106 Native Daughters of the Golden West In memory of our past president Sallie Rutherford Thaler May 19, 1888 - March 8, 1958 A...

                                Memorial Presented to the City of Oakland by Aloha Parlor No. 106 Native Daughters of the Golden West In memory of our past president Sallie Rutherford Thaler May 19, 1888 - March 8, 1958 A...