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

Site of St. Mary's Catholic Church

SITE OF  ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH  1940  1884  LAND GIVEN BY THE BOTELHO FAMILY IN 1880  CONSTRUCTION BEGAN 1882  BLESSED BY THE BISHOP 1884  LAST SERVICE MAY 12,1940  WALNUT CREEK HISTORICAL...

SITE OF  ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH  1940  1884  LAND GIVEN BY THE BOTELHO FAMILY IN 1880  CONSTRUCTION BEGAN 1882  BLESSED BY THE BISHOP 1884  LAST SERVICE MAY 12,1940  WALNUT CREEK HISTORICAL...

    Sen Lee

    Sen Lee  1916 1994    Proprietor of the Hong Kong Restaurant of Harvard Square. This plaque  commemorates the more than fifty years during which Sen Lee and the  Lee Family have built the Hong...

    Sen Lee  1916 1994    Proprietor of the Hong Kong Restaurant of Harvard Square. This plaque  commemorates the more than fifty years during which Sen Lee and the  Lee Family have built the Hong...

      Lorna Slocombe

      Submitted by @jqmcd

      Submitted by @jqmcd

        The Soldiers and Sailors of Cambridge

        Submitted by @jqmcd

        Submitted by @jqmcd

        • civil war
        • lincoln
        • maintenance
        • 1869

        Jan Vohrs From Her Book Group

        • book group

        Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary

        Submitted by Ben Becker.

        Submitted by Ben Becker.

        • louise ayer hatheway

        This Building Was Presented to the City of Oakland

        • chauncey w. gibson
        • library
        • oakland

        Lake Temescal Detention Pond

        • detention pond

        The Railroad History of Lake Temescal

          Bruce Lee Statue Project

          Bruce Lee Statue Project Groundbreaking June 15, 2013 Dedication September 28, 2018   The Bruce Lee Statue Project is a community initiative aimed at celebrating the life and legacy of Bruce Lee...

          Bruce Lee Statue Project Groundbreaking June 15, 2013 Dedication September 28, 2018   The Bruce Lee Statue Project is a community initiative aimed at celebrating the life and legacy of Bruce...

          • bruce lee
          • statue
          • chinatown

          THe 100-Inch Hooker Telescope

          THE 100-INCH HOOKER TELESCOPE In 1904, astronomer George Ellery Hale obtained support from the Carnegie Institution of Washington to found the Mount Wilson Solar Observatory. Stellar telescopes...

          THE 100-INCH HOOKER TELESCOPE In 1904, astronomer George Ellery Hale obtained support from the Carnegie Institution of Washington to found the Mount Wilson Solar Observatory. Stellar...

          • telescope
          • mt. wilson
          • science
          • astronomy

          Dylan Thomas in Tenby

          Where the poet Dylan Thomas read from his newly completed play for voices, Under Milk Wood, not long before he set off on his last trip to New York.Submitted by: Alistair Wylie

          Where the poet Dylan Thomas read from his newly completed play for voices, Under Milk Wood, not long before he set off on his last trip to New York.Submitted by: Alistair Wylie

          • dylan thomas
          • poets

          Burlington Street

          Transcription:There is a lady sweet and kindwas never face so pleased my mindI did but see her passing byYet will I love her till I die. ---She passed this way, charmingthe morning, long years...

          Transcription:There is a lady sweet and kindwas never face so pleased my mindI did but see her passing byYet will I love her till I die. ---She passed this way, charmingthe morning, long...

          • new zealand
          • dunedin
          • street name
          • amenities society

          McDonald Garden

          McDonald GardenTranscriptionThis garden has been planted byThe Society of the Friends of FirstChurch in remembrance ofMr Stuart McDonald M.C.and Mrs Gladye McDonanald M.B.E.Founders of the Society...

          McDonald GardenTranscriptionThis garden has been planted byThe Society of the Friends of FirstChurch in remembrance ofMr Stuart McDonald M.C.and Mrs Gladye McDonanald M.B.E.Founders of the Society...

          • new zealand
          • dunedin
          • garden
          • first church

          Macandrew Bay Memorial Centre

          Transcription:To the fallen they sought the honour of their country. They found the glory of God.World Wars1914 - 1918Marshall A. Menzies J. Phair R.1939 - 1945Coombe G. Hook R.D. Miller...

          Transcription:To the fallen they sought the honour of their country. They found the glory of God.World Wars1914 - 1918Marshall A. Menzies J. Phair R.1939 - 1945Coombe G. Hook R.D....

          • new zealand
          • mcandrew bay
          • war memorial
          • wwi
          • wwii

          In Honour of Those Who Fell in The Great War 1914 - 1919

            The Parshall Measuring Flume

            THE PARSHALL MEASURING FLUME  A HISTORICAL LANDMARK  OF  AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING  SINCE THE BEGINNING OF IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE  IT BEEN IMPORTANT TO MEASURE FLOWS OF IRRIGATION  WATER. ACCURACY...

            THE PARSHALL MEASURING FLUME  A HISTORICAL LANDMARK  OF  AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING  SINCE THE BEGINNING OF IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE  IT BEEN IMPORTANT TO MEASURE FLOWS OF IRRIGATION  WATER. ACCURACY...

              Hap Magee Ranch

              Hap Magee Ranch  Originally owned by August Hemme in 1852, just after  California achieved statehood, this land was purchased in 1911  by the San Francisco Protestant Orphanage Asylum.  Camp Swain...

              Hap Magee Ranch  Originally owned by August Hemme in 1852, just after  California achieved statehood, this land was purchased in 1911  by the San Francisco Protestant Orphanage Asylum.  Camp Swain...

                Carangelo Clock

                Submitted by @jqmcd

                Submitted by @jqmcd

                  Bleacher Bar

                  Submitted by @jqmcd

                  Submitted by @jqmcd

                  • fenway
                  • baseball
                  • bleacher
                  • red sox