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

Anza House

Submitted by @slim_bird .

Submitted by @slim_bird .

  • san juan bautista
  • california
  • anza
  • mission
  • 1970

Miller Park

Submitted by@stuherrm. [Location approximate]

Submitted by@stuherrm. [Location approximate]

  • chautauqua
  • new york
  • edison
  • miller

Josephine Shaw Lowell (Hope to the Fainting)

THIS FOUNTAIN COMMEMORATES THE STRONG AND BEAUTIFUL CHARACTER OF JOSEPHINE SHAW LOWELL 1843 - 1905 WIFE FOR ONE YEAR OF A PATRIOT SOLDIER WIDOW AT TWENTY ONE SERVANT OF NEW YORK STATE AND CITY IN...

THIS FOUNTAIN COMMEMORATES THE STRONG AND BEAUTIFUL CHARACTER OF JOSEPHINE SHAW LOWELL 1843 - 1905 WIFE FOR ONE YEAR OF A PATRIOT SOLDIER WIDOW AT TWENTY ONE SERVANT OF NEW YORK STATE AND CITY IN...

  • fainting
  • hope
  • candid
  • sincere
  • lowell
  • patriot
  • new york
  • nyc
  • civil war

Manny's Bridge

Submitted by @BenWoolf Article about Manny

Submitted by @BenWoolf Article about Manny

    First Church of Christ, Scientist

    CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1975   First Church of Christ, Scientist Bernard R. Maybeck, Architect, 1910 Roof replacement, accessibility, and seismic improvements: Architectural...

    CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1975   First Church of Christ, Scientist Bernard R. Maybeck, Architect, 1910 Roof replacement, accessibility, and seismic improvements: Architectural...

    • berkeley
    • california
    • bay area
    • maybeck
    • church
    • landmark

    Geoffrey Canada

    GEOFFREY CANADA THIS BUILDING IS DEDICATED TO THE LIFELONG MISSION OF GEOFFREY CANADA, VISIONARY FOUNDER OF THE HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE AND PROMISE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS. LEADING A...

    GEOFFREY CANADA THIS BUILDING IS DEDICATED TO THE LIFELONG MISSION OF GEOFFREY CANADA, VISIONARY FOUNDER OF THE HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE AND PROMISE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS. LEADING...

    • harlem
    • nyc
    • new york
    • poverty
    • anti-poverty
    • children's zone

    Who By Their Patriotism Courage and Devotion

    DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE SEVENTH WARD LANCASTER, PA.  WHO BY THEIR PATRIOTISM COURAGE AND DEVOTION HELPED WIN  THE WORLD WAR 1914 - 1918  FOR HUMANITY, LIBERTY AND...

    DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE SEVENTH WARD LANCASTER, PA.  WHO BY THEIR PATRIOTISM COURAGE AND DEVOTION HELPED WIN  THE WORLD WAR 1914 - 1918  FOR HUMANITY, LIBERTY...

    • lancaster
    • pennsylvania
    • wwi
    • seventh ward
    • the world war

    The World's First School of Journalism

    On this campus, the world's first School of Journalism was founded by Walter Williams, September 1, 1908. Placed May 4, 1956, by Sigma Delta Chi, National Professional Journalistic Fraternity.   ...

    On this campus, the world's first School of Journalism was founded by Walter Williams, September 1, 1908. Placed May 4, 1956, by Sigma Delta Chi, National Professional Journalistic Fraternity.   ...

    • mizzou
    • school of journalism
    • university o...

    The Salton Sea

    THE SALTON SEA ONCE CONNECTED TO THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA, WATERS WITHIN THE SALTON BASIN EXTENDED NEARLY TO PALM SPRINGS. BECAUSE OF DEPOSITS FROM THE SILT LADEN COLORADO RIVER, THE NORTH END OF...

    THE SALTON SEA ONCE CONNECTED TO THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA, WATERS WITHIN THE SALTON BASIN EXTENDED NEARLY TO PALM SPRINGS. BECAUSE OF DEPOSITS FROM THE SILT LADEN COLORADO RIVER, THE NORTH END OF...

    • ecv
    • salton sea
    • 99pi
    • colorado
    • yuma
    • california
    • sea
    • cahuilla
    • lakebed
    • runoff

    Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

    SANTA CRUZ BEACH BOARDWALK  A LOCAL LANDMARK SINCE 1907, THIS BOARDWALK WAS ONE OF THE FIRST AMUSEMENT PARKS IN CALIFORNIA. IT IS NOW THE ONLY OCEANSIDE AMUSEMENT PARK OP-ERATING ON THE WEST...

    SANTA CRUZ BEACH BOARDWALK  A LOCAL LANDMARK SINCE 1907, THIS BOARDWALK WAS ONE OF THE FIRST AMUSEMENT PARKS IN CALIFORNIA. IT IS NOW THE ONLY OCEANSIDE AMUSEMENT PARK OP-ERATING ON THE...

    • santa cruz
    • boardwalk
    • california

    Lynn O. "Pappy" Waldorf Cal Bear

    DOUGLAS VAN HOWD  UNITED STATES, B. 1935  CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEAR  1996  CAST BRONZE  IN MEMORY OF LYNN O. "PAPPY" WALDORF CAL FOOTBALL COACH 1946-1956  GIFT OF PAPPY'S BOYS

    DOUGLAS VAN HOWD  UNITED STATES, B. 1935  CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEAR  1996  CAST BRONZE  IN MEMORY OF LYNN O. "PAPPY" WALDORF CAL FOOTBALL COACH 1946-1956  GIFT OF PAPPY'S BOYS

    • berkeley
    • california
    • bay area
    • cal
    • football
    • pappy

    Jimmy Hammond

    DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF  JAMES F. "JIMMY" HAMMOND  A TRUER FRIEND A MAN NEVER HAD. MAY YOU FIND PEACE AND SERENITY IN THIS PLACE OF BEAUTY, FRIENDSHIP AND MEMORIES.  "I get by with a little...

    DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF  JAMES F. "JIMMY" HAMMOND  A TRUER FRIEND A MAN NEVER HAD. MAY YOU FIND PEACE AND SERENITY IN THIS PLACE OF BEAUTY, FRIENDSHIP AND MEMORIES.  "I get by with a little...

    • alberta
    • canada
    • crescent falls

    Henry E. Muhlenberg

    HENRY E. MUHLENBERG 1753 ^^^ 1815 A LEADER AMONG THE PIONEER BOTANISTS OF AMERICA LIVED HERE DURING HIS LAST 35 YEARS WHEN THE STONE BUILDING WAS THE PARSONAGE OF TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH  MARKED...

    HENRY E. MUHLENBERG 1753 ^^^ 1815 A LEADER AMONG THE PIONEER BOTANISTS OF AMERICA LIVED HERE DURING HIS LAST 35 YEARS WHEN THE STONE BUILDING WAS THE PARSONAGE OF TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH  MARKED...

    • lancaster
    • pennsylvania
    • botanists
    • parsonage

    First California State Fair

    Site of First California State Fair California's first state fair was held on this site on October 4, 1854. Sponsored by the California State Agricultural Society, the exhibition of "horses,...

    Site of First California State Fair California's first state fair was held on this site on October 4, 1854. Sponsored by the California State Agricultural Society, the exhibition of...

    • san francisco
    • bay area
    • california
    • state fair
    • 1854
    • 1861

    Bookworm

    "Bookworm" Located outside the Kingston branch of the State Library of Tasmania, LINC Tasmania.  It reads: The bookworm, complete with reading glasses and laying on a pile of books, was described...

    "Bookworm" Located outside the Kingston branch of the State Library of Tasmania, LINC Tasmania.  It reads: The bookworm, complete with reading glasses and laying on a pile of books, was described...

    • bookworm
    • council
    • library