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

Valerie Carlson

In loving memory of Valerie Carlson January 5, 1943 - March 24, 2018 Who helped make Corte Madera the great town it is today  

In loving memory of Valerie Carlson January 5, 1943 - March 24, 2018 Who helped make Corte Madera the great town it is today

    The Donahue Line

      Railroad & Ferry Depot Museum

        Ligonier Valley School District, Pennsylvania Game Commission, Road versus Rail

        Submitted by @askceil

        Submitted by @askceil

        • doodlebug

        Holy Trinity Parish

          Submitted by @askceil

          Submitted by @askceil

          Powerful Glaciers Sculpted the Visible Landscape

          During the last ice age over ten thousand years ago, huge glaciers in the Sierra Nevada carved out many lakes in the land surrounding Lake Tahoe. Glaciers moved down the V-shaped canyons on Lake...

          During the last ice age over ten thousand years ago, huge glaciers in the Sierra Nevada carved out many lakes in the land surrounding Lake Tahoe. Glaciers moved down the V-shaped canyons on...

            Welcome to Angora Lookout

            Years before there was an established lookout, Forest Service fire spotters used Angora Ridge to watch for blazes in the Tahoe Basin forests. Prior to this lookout being built, wildfires burned...

            Years before there was an established lookout, Forest Service fire spotters used Angora Ridge to watch for blazes in the Tahoe Basin forests. Prior to this lookout being built, wildfires...

              Baker Millennium House

                Elvis Presley Fight Scene

                Submitted by @Schreiberland

                Submitted by @Schreiberland

                • elvis
                • fight
                • karate

                National and University's Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina

                National LibrarySarajevoBosnia and HercegovinaEnglish plaque accompanying the Bosnian which reads: NA OVOM SU MJEsTU SRPSKI ZLOČINCI U NOĆI 25/26 8 1992. GODINE ZAPALILI NACIONALNUI UNIVERZITETSKU...

                National LibrarySarajevoBosnia and HercegovinaEnglish plaque accompanying the Bosnian which reads: NA OVOM SU MJEsTU SRPSKI ZLOČINCI U NOĆI 25/26 8 1992. GODINE ZAPALILI NACIONALNUI UNIVERZITETSKU...

                • #neverforget

                Moving to the Minerals

                Submitted by Matt Schultz

                Submitted by Matt Schultz

                  Captain William Moore Cabin

                    Veterans' Memorial, Albany

                    • eaten
                    • celebrated
                    • danced
                    • magnificent building
                    • wwi
                    • 1932
                    • meyers

                    Pinecote Pavilion

                    Dedicated on November 23, 1986, the Pinecote Pavilion was built by the family of L.O. Crosby, Jr. (1907-1978) as a memorial to his legacy. Crosby was a noted forestry figure, philanthropist, and...

                    Dedicated on November 23, 1986, the Pinecote Pavilion was built by the family of L.O. Crosby, Jr. (1907-1978) as a memorial to his legacy. Crosby was a noted forestry figure, philanthropist, and...

                    • mississippi
                    • architecture
                    • arboretum

                    Picayune Colored High School

                    Picayune's first public high school for African Americans was established here in 1918. John Prentiss (J.P.) Johnson served as principal from 1943 to 1950, when a new school was constructed at...

                    Picayune's first public high school for African Americans was established here in 1918. John Prentiss (J.P.) Johnson served as principal from 1943 to 1950, when a new school was constructed...

                    • mississippi
                    • african american
                    • education

                    Famous Prize Fight

                    FAMOUS PRIZE FIGHTWON BY JOHN MORRISSEY OVER 'YANKEE' SULLIVAN IN THIS AREA ON OCT. 5, 1653, LASTED 37 ROUNDS AND WA WITNESSED BY MORE THAN 3000 PERSONSSubmitted by @jherskowitz

                    FAMOUS PRIZE FIGHTWON BY JOHN MORRISSEY OVER 'YANKEE' SULLIVAN IN THIS AREA ON OCT. 5, 1653, LASTED 37 ROUNDS AND WA WITNESSED BY MORE THAN 3000 PERSONSSubmitted by @jherskowitz

                    • famous prize fight
                    • fight
                    • prize fight
                    • 1653

                    The Class of 1925 Courtyard

                      In Memory of Gertrude Thompson

                      ON THE 15TH DAY OF APRIL,1978 5:20 PM. MRS. GERTRUDE THOMPSON WAS FATALLY INJURED BY A MOTORCAR 10 FEET NORTH OF THIS SPOT THIS PLAQUE IS GIVEN TO THE EARTH TO MEMORIALIZE HER TILL ETERNITY. HER...

                      ON THE 15TH DAY OF APRIL,1978 5:20 PM. MRS. GERTRUDE THOMPSON WAS FATALLY INJURED BY A MOTORCAR 10 FEET NORTH OF THIS SPOT THIS PLAQUE IS GIVEN TO THE EARTH TO MEMORIALIZE HER TILL ETERNITY. HER...

                      • given to the earth
                      • till eternity
                      • her friends

                      City of Alameda Civic Center Parking Structure

                        Joaquin Miller, "Poet of the Sierras"

                        JOAQUIN MILLER, "POET OF THE SIERRAS," RESIDED ON THESE ACRES, NAMED BY HIM "THE HIGHTS," FROM 1886 TO 1913. IN THIS BUILDING, KNOW AS THE ABBEY, HE WROTE "COLUMBUS" AND OTHER POEMS. THE...

                        JOAQUIN MILLER, "POET OF THE SIERRAS," RESIDED ON THESE ACRES, NAMED BY HIM "THE HIGHTS," FROM 1886 TO 1913. IN THIS BUILDING, KNOW AS THE ABBEY, HE WROTE "COLUMBUS" AND OTHER POEMS. THE...

                        • moses genera...
                        • joaquin miller