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

The Paul Revere House

Submitted by @RoadTripNE

Submitted by @RoadTripNE

  • boston
  • revolutionary war
  • paul revere
  • pitcairn
  • hutchinson
  • frankland
  • clark

The Burlington Hotel, Established 1883

THE BURLINGTON HOTEL ESTABLISHED 1883   PORT COSTA’S OLD TIMERS ARE QUITE CERTAIN THAT THE RUMOR OF THE BURLINGTON HOTEL BEING A BORDELLO IS UNTRUE. THEIR REASONING IS THAT THE RESPECTED OWNERS...

THE BURLINGTON HOTEL ESTABLISHED 1883   PORT COSTA’S OLD TIMERS ARE QUITE CERTAIN THAT THE RUMOR OF THE BURLINGTON HOTEL BEING A BORDELLO IS UNTRUE. THEIR REASONING IS THAT THE RESPECTED OWNERS...

  • bordello
  • ecv
  • five star
  • 1883

Jacob Thompson's Home Place

The mansion ca. 1853 located on this site was burned by Union troops in 1864. Two original outbuildings are included in the present house, built in 1869. Jacob Thompson (1810-1885), a native of...

The mansion ca. 1853 located on this site was burned by Union troops in 1864. Two original outbuildings are included in the present house, built in 1869. Jacob Thompson (1810-1885), a native of...

  • mississippi
  • civil war
  • canada
  • home place

Warehouses Used in the Slave Trade

WAREHOUSES USED IN THE SLAVE TRADE Commerce Street was central to the operation of Montgomery's slave trade. Enslaved people were marched in chains up the street from the riverfront  and railroad...

WAREHOUSES USED IN THE SLAVE TRADE Commerce Street was central to the operation of Montgomery's slave trade. Enslaved people were marched in chains up the street from the riverfront  and...

  • montgomery
  • slavery
  • slave traders
  • eji
  • mississippi
  • alabama

Carl Lotave

Submitted by @ChrisMBarr.

Submitted by @ChrisMBarr.

    The Domestic Slave Trade

     Beginning in the seventeenth century, millions of African people were kidnapped, sold into slavery, and shipped to the Americas as part of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. in 1808, the United...

     Beginning in the seventeenth century, millions of African people were kidnapped, sold into slavery, and shipped to the Americas as part of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. in 1808, the...

    • montgomery
    • slavery
    • slave traders
    • eji
    • mississippi
    • alabama

    Neshoba County Fairgrounds

    NESHOBA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS  5 mi. S.W., an institution famed since 1890 for its exhibits of farm products and livestock horseshows and races, political oratory, an social get-togethers. Submitted...

    NESHOBA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS  5 mi. S.W., an institution famed since 1890 for its exhibits of farm products and livestock horseshows and races, political oratory, an social get-togethers. Submitted...

    • hwy 15 and hwy 21
    • mississipi

    Slave Transportation to Montgomery

    SLAVE TRANSPORTATION TO MONTGOMERY In order to meet  the high demand for slaves in Alabama in the early 1800s, slave traders chained African Americans together in coffles and forced them to march...

    SLAVE TRANSPORTATION TO MONTGOMERY In order to meet  the high demand for slaves in Alabama in the early 1800s, slave traders chained African Americans together in coffles and forced them to march...

    • montgomery
    • slavery
    • slave traders
    • eji
    • mississippi
    • alabama

    Richard and Patricia Lawson Computer Science Building

    RICHARD AND PATRICIA LAWSON COMPUTER SCIENCE BUILDING Dedicated September 15, 2006 H. Richard Lawson earned the MS in computer science from Purdue in 1968. With his brother and a third partner,...

    RICHARD AND PATRICIA LAWSON COMPUTER SCIENCE BUILDING Dedicated September 15, 2006 H. Richard Lawson earned the MS in computer science from Purdue in 1968. With his brother and a third partner,...

    • richard and ...
    • computer science
    • purdue university
    • west lafayette
    • indiana
    • donation

    The Europe Garden at Seven Sisters Country Park

    This rather sad looking plaque sits alongside an equally sad looking garden built to celebrate Great Britain's involvement in the European Commnunity. Coincidentally, I discovered the plaque and...

    This rather sad looking plaque sits alongside an equally sad looking garden built to celebrate Great Britain's involvement in the European Commnunity. Coincidentally, I discovered the plaque and...

    • eu
    • europe
    • garden

    Little Ben

    "LITTLE BEN" FIRST ERECTED IN 1892. TAKED NOW IN 1964. RESTORED AND RE-ERECTED ON THE 15TH DECEMBER 1981 BY THE WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL. WITH THE HELP OF ELF AQUITAINE UK. OFFERED AS A GESTURE OF...

    "LITTLE BEN" FIRST ERECTED IN 1892. TAKED NOW IN 1964. RESTORED AND RE-ERECTED ON THE 15TH DECEMBER 1981 BY THE WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL. WITH THE HELP OF ELF AQUITAINE UK. OFFERED AS A GESTURE...

    • london
    • england
    • clock
    • ben
    • little ben
    • big ben

    Montgomery's Slave Depots

    MONTGOMERY'S SLAVE DEPOTS  Montgomery slave traders operated depots where enslaved men, women, and children were confined. The slave depots functioned as active trading sites and as detention...

    MONTGOMERY'S SLAVE DEPOTS  Montgomery slave traders operated depots where enslaved men, women, and children were confined. The slave depots functioned as active trading sites and as detention...

    • montgomery
    • slavery
    • slave traders
    • eji
    • mississippi
    • alabama

    Cricketers at war

    BRIGHTON, HOVE & DISTRICT CLUB CRICKET ASSOCIATION IN MEMORY OF THOSE CRICKETERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING WORLD WARD II .. 1939-1945      

    BRIGHTON, HOVE & DISTRICT CLUB CRICKET ASSOCIATION IN MEMORY OF THOSE CRICKETERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING WORLD WARD II .. 1939-1945    

    • war
    • cricket
    • brighton
    • worldwar2
    • hove
    • sport

    GHOST TRAIN

    To inform about the installation by Jon Mills that sits on the bridge at Brighton Greenway (a disused railway line).

    To inform about the installation by Jon Mills that sits on the bridge at Brighton Greenway (a disused railway line).

    • train
    • art
    • brighton
    • sculpture
    • metal
    • ghost
    • railway

    Professor E. C. (Steve) Stevenson Memorial

    Dedicated to the memory of  Professor E.C. (Steve) Stevenson Head of the  Department of Horticulture, 1958-1967. Teacher, researcher, mentor, and visionary leader. Dr. Stevenson made pivotal and...

    Dedicated to the memory of  Professor E.C. (Steve) Stevenson Head of the  Department of Horticulture, 1958-1967. Teacher, researcher, mentor, and visionary leader. Dr. Stevenson made pivotal...

    • horticulture
    • landscape ar...
    • purdue university
    • west lafayette
    • indiana
    • professor e....