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

Future Plaque: Wildlife Crossing Network Saved Southern California Mountain Lion Population

    Future Plaque: Restored Coastal Habitat Protected Roadways From Rising Seas

      Future Plaque: Restored Lake Tahoe Forest Curbed Megafires As Prescribed Burns Paid Off

        Future Plaque: Statewide Push To Replenish Groundwater Basins Protected During Drought

          Future Plaque: Biodiversity Protections Helped Native Species Rebound

            Future Plaque: Air Quality Reached Five-Year Best Thanks To Forest Restoration

              San Jose Convention Center

                Backesto Park

                  Hobart Savings Bank

                  THIS TABLET WAS UNVEILED BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF TASMANIA SIR ERNEST CLARK GCMG.KCB.CBE. TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HOBART SAVINGS BANK BY GEORGE WASHINGTON...

                  THIS TABLET WAS UNVEILED BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF TASMANIA SIR ERNEST CLARK GCMG.KCB.CBE. TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HOBART SAVINGS BANK BY GEORGE WASHINGTON...

                    Point Bolivar

                    Bolivar Point In 1815, Colonel Henry Perry established a military camp here as part of a plan to invade Spanish Texas. In 1816, Galveston-based privateer Lewis-Michelle de Aury forced shiploads of...

                    Bolivar Point In 1815, Colonel Henry Perry established a military camp here as part of a plan to invade Spanish Texas. In 1816, Galveston-based privateer Lewis-Michelle de Aury forced shiploads of...

                      Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long

                      Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long (July 23, 1798 – December 30, 1880) Born in Charles county, Maryland, Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long was a Texas pioneer. She married James Long in 1815, and joined him in...

                      Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long (July 23, 1798 – December 30, 1880) Born in Charles county, Maryland, Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long was a Texas pioneer. She married James Long in 1815, and joined him in...

                        Fort Travis

                        Fort Travis In early 1836, soon after Texas declared independence from Mexico, Republic of Texas president David Burnet dispatch Colonel Ed Harcourt to Galveston Island to erect a fort. Using army...

                        Fort Travis In early 1836, soon after Texas declared independence from Mexico, Republic of Texas president David Burnet dispatch Colonel Ed Harcourt to Galveston Island to erect a fort. Using army...

                          Flying Toasters

                          Flying Toasters 2095 Rose St. On this spot, starting in 1989, the original flying toaster factory operated. Millions of aerial bread-warming ma- chines flew from, this location to comput- ing...

                          Flying Toasters 2095 Rose St. On this spot, starting in 1989, the original flying toaster factory operated. Millions of aerial bread-warming ma- chines flew from, this location to comput-...

                          • toaster
                          • flying toaster
                          • after dark
                          • screen saver

                          Northern Outfall Sewer

                          On the side of the bridge over Abbey Creek. The text on the plaque is "Metropolitan Board of Works / Northern Outfall Sewer / Constructed 1862-63 / John Thwaites Esqr Chairman / J W Bazalgette...

                          On the side of the bridge over Abbey Creek. The text on the plaque is "Metropolitan Board of Works / Northern Outfall Sewer / Constructed 1862-63 / John Thwaites Esqr Chairman / J W...

                          • sewer
                          • 1862
                          • 1863

                          Whose Anchor Was This?

                          Submitted by @Ritterton

                          Submitted by @Ritterton