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

Parrish Pioneer Cemetery

PARRISH PIONEER CEMETERY FAMILY MEMBERS OF DAVID AND SARAH PARRISH IN RESIDENCE 1893-1924

    Glacier Public Service Center

      Kyle William Hayes

      IN LOVING MEMORY OF KYLE WILLIAM HAYES 2/24/2000 1/25/2021 A SHINING STAR FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS

        Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden

        THIS PLAZA IS DEDICATED TO THE FRENDS OF THE GARDEN WHO PROVIDED THE FINANCIAL BACKING AND MUCH OF THE LABOR FOR ITS CONSTRUCTION THIS, ONE OF THE MANY PROJECTS COMPLETED BY THE FRIENDS,...

          Historical Site of the first brick school house in Los Angeles

          HISTORICAL SITE THIS BLOCK IS THE SITE OFTHE FIRST BRICK SCHOOL HOUSE IN LOS ANGELES KNOWN AS SCHOOL NO. 1, BUILT 1854-1855BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND MAIL COMPANY OFFICE AND CORRAL 1858-1861OFFICE OF U....

            Lois Blonder Sculpture Garden

            LOIS BLONDER SCULPTURE GARDEN Lois Blonder was an artist and alumna of Monmouth University. This garden reflects her artistic wit, eclectic interests, and her lifelong passion to bring visual...

            • art
            • monmouth
            • university
            • sculpture garden
            • garden

            The closed stone (de gesloten steen)

            This plaque explains the stone on the corner of the street, which is chained to the building. The stone was placed to protect the building from being damaged by passing carriages. Legend has...

            • middle-ages
            • building
            • protective rock

            Spinoza birthplace

            This plaque idicates the spot where the philosopher Bendedictus de Spinoza was born in 1632. His most important work was Ethica (Ethics). His ideas of freedom of speach, tolerance and democracy...

            • pliosopher
            • amsterdam
            • birthplace

            Lincoln Highway monument

            "WE MUST THINK ANEWAND ACT ANEW"ABRAHAM LINCOLN1809-1865THIS MONUMENT COMMEMORATES THESESQUICENTENNIAL OF LINCOLN'S BIRTHBY THE STATE OF WYOMING IN 1959.WYOMING STATE PARKS COMMISSIONJACK F....

            • lincoln highway
            • laramie
            • cheyenne
            • wyoming
            • i-80
            • interstate 80
            • travel

            Lincoln Highway memorial

            "THAT THERE SHOULD BE ALINCOLN HIGHWAY ACROSS THISCOUNTRY IS THE IMPORTANT THING."IN MEMORY OF HENRY B. JOY THEFIRST PRESIDENT OF THELINCOLN HIGHWAYASSOCIATION WHOSAW REALIZED THEDREAM OF...

            • lincoln highway
            • laramie
            • cheyenne
            • wyoming
            • interstate 80
            • i-80
            • travel
            • abraham lincoln

            North Park area of Colorado

            IN HONOR OF THOSE STURDY PIONEERMEN AND WOMENTHAT BUILTTHIS NORTH PARK COUNTRY(the plaque is in a geographical area named "North Park" in front of the Jackson County courthouse in the town...

            • colorado
            • walden
            • courthouse

            Woody Guthrie Square Plaque

            Woodrow Wilson (Woody) Guthrie (1912-1967) composer of "This Land is your Land," arrived in Los Angeles in 1937 along with thousands of other migrant workers and families from the "Dust...

              Explosion In A Coal Mine

              In the year 1936 January 20th at 6:20 a.m. an explosion occurred at the Monarch No. 2 Coal MineEight men perished in the explosion.The bodies of the following seven menwere...

              • coal mine
              • superior
              • broomfield
              • louisville
              • colorado
              • disaster
              • mining
              • tombstone

              The Erath Sugar Company

              Donated byThe Erath Sugar Co.Erath Sugar Refinery was built in the year 1910.In the year 1914 the Earth Sugar Company, LTD.acquired this bell from the Rose Hill refineryand was used to...

              • louisiana
              • plantation bell
              • sugar mill

              Vernon Baptist Association

              At the 24th annual session of the Sabine Association, Oct. 16, 1871, delegates from the First District petitioned for Letters of Dismission for the purpose of forming the Vernon Baptist...

              • louisiana
              • church
              • religion