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

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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                      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...

                                Pastore e Padre Amatissimo