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

C. W. Gibson Pool

    Replica Mayan Water Temple

      Herms

        El Cerrito Fire Station No. 72

          Anza Expedition of 1776

            Alvarado Park

              Alvarado Park -- A Popular Gathering Place

                Native Peoples of the East Bay

                  This Gateway to Kansas

                  This Gateway to Kansas sign sits pretty innocuously on the side of Minnesota Avenue in downtown Kansas City, KS (Approximately 4th St and Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, KS). It marks 5 events of...

                  This Gateway to Kansas sign sits pretty innocuously on the side of Minnesota Avenue in downtown Kansas City, KS (Approximately 4th St and Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, KS). It marks 5 events of...

                  • lewis and clark
                  • wyandotte county
                  • kansas
                  • missouri river

                  OLD BURYING GROUND

                  Deeded to town, 1731, by Nathanael Taylor. Capt. Otway Burns of the War of 1812, Revolutionary and Civil War soldiers are buried here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...

                  Deeded to town, 1731, by Nathanael Taylor. Capt. Otway Burns of the War of 1812, Revolutionary and Civil War soldiers are buried here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

                  • ncmarkers
                  • north carolina

                  CORNWALLIS

                  First led his army into North Carolina near here, Sept. 1780. After Battle of Kings Mountain, Oct. 7, he returned to S.C.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...

                  First led his army into North Carolina near here, Sept. 1780. After Battle of Kings Mountain, Oct. 7, he returned to S.C.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...

                  • ncmarkers
                  • north carolina

                  Bennett House

                    A Mountain Man Jailed

                      Marengo Pioneer Cemetery

                      This site on Territorial Road was a gift of Seeley Neal (1778-1862) from 640 acres acquired from the government in 1831. Neal, a veteran of the War of 1812, built the first log house in the...

                      This site on Territorial Road was a gift of Seeley Neal (1778-1862) from 640 acres acquired from the government in 1831. Neal, a veteran of the War of 1812, built the first log house in the...

                      • michigan
                      • michigan his...

                      Chinese Fisherman

                        Dedicated to Peace and Meditation

                          Dr. Elwood Mead - Namesake of Lake Mead

                            California State Railroad Museum

                              City of Yreka, California Museum of Firefighting

                                First Presbyterian Church

                                Organized 1861 by the Rev. John Anderson. Odd Fellows Seminary and a downtown shop were sites of early worship. Congregation built first sanctuary in 1874. Architects for this church (built 1891)...

                                Organized 1861 by the Rev. John Anderson. Odd Fellows Seminary and a downtown shop were sites of early worship. Congregation built first sanctuary in 1874. Architects for this church (built...

                                • texas
                                • church