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

A Tribute to Ted Gurney

Submitted by @jqmcd

Submitted by @jqmcd

    Gordon Lightfoot

    As I mentioned in my previous email, my husband and I visited Orillia Ontario today. One of the best bits of trivia about Orillia is that it is the home town of Gordon Lightfoot. In his early...

    As I mentioned in my previous email, my husband and I visited Orillia Ontario today. One of the best bits of trivia about Orillia is that it is the home town of Gordon Lightfoot. In his...

      Hyde Park

        Time Capsule

        The San Juan Capistrano Historical Society in conjunction with the city's 50th Birthday Celebration Committee placed this TIME CAPSULE on December 17, 2011. To be opened in April 2061

        The San Juan Capistrano Historical Society in conjunction with the city's 50th Birthday Celebration Committee placed this TIME CAPSULE on December 17, 2011. To be opened in April 2061

          Coliseum Theater

          Submitted by @pkmonaghan

          Submitted by @pkmonaghan

            Tennessee State Capitol

              Atascadero Administration Building

              Submitted by @jqmcd

              Submitted by @jqmcd

                Jose Dolores Garcia

                JOSE DOLORES GARCIA Jose Dolores Garcia was a prominent citizen of San Juan Capistrano who was of Juaneno Indian and Spanish descent. In 1862 he married Maria Refugia Yorba at the Mission. He...

                JOSE DOLORES GARCIA Jose Dolores Garcia was a prominent citizen of San Juan Capistrano who was of Juaneno Indian and Spanish descent. In 1862 he married Maria Refugia Yorba at the Mission....

                  Hunter Mill Road - Crossroads to War

                  T 46-BCROSSROADS TO WARDuring the Civil War, this junction of HunterMill Road and the Alexandria, Loudoun, &Hampshire Railroad was a vital crossroads asUnion and Confederate troops moved along...

                  T 46-BCROSSROADS TO WARDuring the Civil War, this junction of HunterMill Road and the Alexandria, Loudoun, &Hampshire Railroad was a vital crossroads asUnion and Confederate troops moved along...

                  • hunter mill ...

                  Hurricane Gustav

                  Hurricane Gustav roared through Baton Rouge on September 1, 2008. Traffic on the Mississippi River was shut down. Ninety-mile per hour winds uprooted thousands of mature oak trees. Houses were...

                  Hurricane Gustav roared through Baton Rouge on September 1, 2008. Traffic on the Mississippi River was shut down. Ninety-mile per hour winds uprooted thousands of mature oak trees. Houses were...

                  • louisiana
                  • baton rouge
                  • old state capitol
                  • hurricane gustav
                  • disaster
                  • weather

                  On September 21, 1779

                  On September 21, 1779Col. Dickson commanding theBritish post at Baton RougeSurrendered toGov. Galvez and his American Allies. This tablet commemorates thisOne battle of theAmerican RevolutionOn...

                  On September 21, 1779Col. Dickson commanding theBritish post at Baton RougeSurrendered toGov. Galvez and his American Allies. This tablet commemorates thisOne battle of theAmerican RevolutionOn...

                  • louisiana
                  • revolutionary war
                  • freedom
                  • baton rouge

                  John P Holland's First Submarine

                    Grafton Park

                      North Shore Beach & Yacht Club 1958

                      Submitted by @jqmcd THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NORTH SHORE BEACH & YACHT CLUB 1958 DESIGNED BY...

                      Submitted by @jqmcd THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NORTH SHORE BEACH & YACHT CLUB 1958 DESIGNED...

                      • salton sea

                      Temple Lodge #14

                        Le Sorbonne

                          Memorial Gazebo

                          Submitted by @jqmcd

                          Submitted by @jqmcd

                            American Zoetrope

                              SAN FRANCISCO'S HELLENIC HERITAGE

                              SAN FRANCISCO'S HELLENIC HERITAGE AN AFFIRMATION OF THE PROMISE OF AMERICA IN TRIBUTE TO THE GREEK IMMIGRANTS WHO SETTLED IN THE VICINITY OF THIRD AND FOLSOM STREETS IN THE EARLY 1900s AND IN...

                              SAN FRANCISCO'S HELLENIC HERITAGE AN AFFIRMATION OF THE PROMISE OF AMERICA IN TRIBUTE TO THE GREEK IMMIGRANTS WHO SETTLED IN THE VICINITY OF THIRD AND FOLSOM STREETS IN THE EARLY 1900s AND...

                                Eddie L. Dorsey, MD; Ima Pierson, DDS; Howard C. Scoggins, MD; Luins Williams, MD

                                  May 17-18, 1944   Along with leaders of the newly formed NAACP chapter, Drs. Dorsey, Pierson, Scoggins, and Williams were violently expelled from Iberia Parish on May 17-18, 1944, because they...

                                  May 17-18, 1944   Along with leaders of the newly formed NAACP chapter, Drs. Dorsey, Pierson, Scoggins, and Williams were violently expelled from Iberia Parish on May 17-18, 1944, because they...

                                • louisiana
                                • african-american
                                • civil rights