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

Fort Sumter

    Hole 2, Pebble Beach

      Jonathan Bass House and Museum

      Circa 1863 Jonathan Bass was born January 30, 1837, in Jefferson County. His father arrived in Jefferson County in 1816, and Jonathan was a life-long resident. Although the Bass House was under...

      Circa 1863 Jonathan Bass was born January 30, 1837, in Jefferson County. His father arrived in Jefferson County in 1816, and Jonathan was a life- long resident. Although the Bass House was...

      • alabama
      • museum

      Putah Creek Streamkeeper

        Vaca Valley Railroad

          J. Robert Chapman Memorial Bridge Renovation

            J Robert Chapman Memorial Bridge

              Uncle Manuel's Gate

              • manuel freitas

              Clark - Hanlon Field

                Cliffs of Moher Memorial

                English text: “In Memory of Those Who Have Lost Their Lives at the Cliffs of Moher.” The plaque is erected near a closed-off section of the famous cliffs along the Atlantic Coast in Ireland’s...

                English text: “In Memory of Those Who Have Lost Their Lives at the Cliffs of Moher.” The plaque is erected near a closed-off section of the famous cliffs along the Atlantic Coast in...

                • ireland
                • cliffs of moher

                First Wireless Telephone Message in the History of the World

                  Mount Rushmore dedication plaque

                  A MONUMENT'S DIMENSIONS SHOULD BE DETERMINED BY THE IMPORTANCE TO CIVILIZATION OF THE EVENTS COMMENORATED . . . . LET US PLACE THERE, CARVED HIGH, AS CLOSE TO HEAVEN AS WE CAN , . . . OUR LEADERS,...

                  A MONUMENT'S DIMENSIONS SHOULD BE DETERMINED BY THE IMPORTANCE TO CIVILIZATION OF THE EVENTS COMMENORATED . . . . LET US PLACE THERE, CARVED HIGH, AS CLOSE TO HEAVEN AS WE CAN , . . . OUR LEADERS,...

                  • mount rushmore
                  • president
                  • calvin coolidge
                  • south dakota
                  • national monument
                  • washington
                  • jefferson
                  • roosevelt
                  • lincoln

                  Dingle and Marie Antoinette

                  In the early period of the French Revolution, James Louis Rice, an Irish officer in the Habsburg Imperial Service, organized an escape for Queen Marie Antoinette to this house [In Dingle, County...

                  In the early period of the French Revolution, James Louis Rice, an Irish officer in the Habsburg Imperial Service, organized an escape for Queen Marie Antoinette to this house [In Dingle,...

                  • ireland
                  • county kerry
                  • dingle
                  • marie antoinette
                  • french revolution

                  J. Robert Chapman Memorial Bridge

                    1967 CN Caboose / Guelph Junction

                    1967 CN Caboose Built by Montreal-based Hawker Siddeley, this is one of 150 all-steel cabooses constructed for the Canadian National Railway, numbered in the 79200-79349 series. The 'new'...

                    1967 CN Caboose Built by Montreal-based Hawker Siddeley, this is one of 150 all-steel cabooses constructed for the Canadian National Railway, numbered in the 79200-79349 series. The 'new'...

                      Rehovot and Culture "Herzl's Way"

                        Spencer Hoofed Animal Complex

                          The Bentley House

                            Coburn's Brigade

                              Featherstone's Brigade