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

The Shadetree

  • peralta
  • ohlone
  • 1842
  • first mayor ...
  • schulz
  • ecv

Harriet Quimby Childhood Home / Harriet Quimby

Harriet Quimby (1875-1912), the first American woman to receive a pilot’s license, lived in this house as a child and attended the nearby school. Her parents, William and Ursula Cook Quimby,...

Harriet Quimby (1875-1912), the first American woman to receive a pilot’s license, lived in this house as a child and attended the nearby school. Her parents, William and Ursula Cook...

  • michigan
  • michigan his...

Antonio de LaGuerra 1825-81

  • ecv
  • civil war

Marrowboneslip

From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

  • marrow
  • bone
  • slip

Plebiscito

    Pioneer Mother Monument -- Benjamin Ide Wheeler

      Lake Merritt

      LAKE MERRITT  WAS ACQUIRED FOR OAKLAND IN 1891  THROUGH THE PERSONAL EFFORTS  OF  MELVIN C CHAPMAN MAYOR

      LAKE MERRITT  WAS ACQUIRED FOR OAKLAND IN 1891  THROUGH THE PERSONAL EFFORTS  OF  MELVIN C CHAPMAN MAYOR

        Royal Naval Hospital

        From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

        From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

          442nd Regimental Combat Team

          DEDICATED ON AUGUST 17, 1992. BY E COMPANY VETERANS  OF THE 442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM, THE MOST DECORATED  UNITED STATES ARMY UNIT OF WORLD WAR II. THE ALL VOLUNTEER  442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT...

          DEDICATED ON AUGUST 17, 1992. BY E COMPANY VETERANS  OF THE 442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM, THE MOST DECORATED  UNITED STATES ARMY UNIT OF WORLD WAR II. THE ALL VOLUNTEER  442ND REGIMENTAL...

          • wwii
          • internment
          • japanese-american
          • 442nd
          • concentration camps

          Treaty of Painted Post

          JULY 1791COL. TIMOTHY PICKERING, COMMISSIONERAPPOINTED BY PRESIDENT WASHINGTON,NEGOTIATED THE TREATY OF PAINTED POSTWITH THE IROQUOIS INDIANS, WHICH ENDEDWARFARE BETWEEN THE SIX NATIONS ANDTHE...

          JULY 1791COL. TIMOTHY PICKERING, COMMISSIONERAPPOINTED BY PRESIDENT WASHINGTON,NEGOTIATED THE TREATY OF PAINTED POSTWITH THE IROQUOIS INDIANS, WHICH ENDEDWARFARE BETWEEN THE SIX NATIONS ANDTHE...

          • painted post
          • corning
          • iroquois
          • six nations
          • 1791

          Paramount Theatre

            Paramount Theatre

              Antonio Bras Columns

              • howe
              • 4460 howe
              • 1898
              • mountain vie...
              • mcisaac
              • cemetery

              The Landmark Trees

                Charles S. Greene Library / African- American Museum and Library

                • library
                • carnegie
                • oakland
                • greene
                • free to all

                Yolo County Savings Bank

                  City of Pineville

                  In 1722 Diron d'Artaguette, Inspector of Troops in Louisiana, recommended the establishment of a fortified post on Red River to prevent Indian attacks on those portaging the rapids. Although it is...

                  In 1722 Diron d'Artaguette, Inspector of Troops in Louisiana, recommended the establishment of a fortified post on Red River to prevent Indian attacks on those portaging the rapids. Although it is...

                  • louisiana

                  Mount Olivet Cemetery and Chapel

                  The cemetery was purchased in 1858 by St. James Episcopal Church, Alexandria. It is the second oldest cemetery in Rapides Parish and has always served as a community burial ground. The earliest...

                  The cemetery was purchased in 1858 by St. James Episcopal Church, Alexandria. It is the second oldest cemetery in Rapides Parish and has always served as a community burial ground. The...

                  • louisiana
                  • cemetery
                  • church

                  The Coffin of Hentry Trigg

                  37 High Street, Stevenage SG1 3ARThe Coffin of Henry TriggHigh up in the roof of this buildingrests a coffin which at one timecontained the body ofHENRY TRIGGHis will (1724) specified that his...

                  37 High Street, Stevenage SG1 3ARThe Coffin of Henry TriggHigh up in the roof of this buildingrests a coffin which at one timecontained the body ofHENRY TRIGGHis will (1724) specified that his...

                  • stevenage
                  • hertfordshire
                  • coffin
                  • death

                  The Invention of the Telephone at Brantford by Alexander Graham Bell in 1874

                  Asking for the public's help to retrieve the 101 year old bronze plaque stolen overnight from the cherished Bell Memorial monument - a vital part of our unique heritage. Please contact...

                  Asking for the public's help to retrieve the 101 year old bronze plaque stolen overnight from the cherished Bell Memorial monument - a vital part of our unique heritage. Please...

                  • stolen
                  • 1874
                  • in the prese...
                  • a large and ...