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

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Roundhouse

REGIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING HERITAGE SITE CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY ROUNDHOUSE AURORA, ILLINOIS 1866 - 1974 THIS FORTY-STALL ROUNDHOUSE AND BACKSHOPS WAS A REPAIR AND CONSTRUCTION FACILITY...

REGIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING HERITAGE SITE CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY ROUNDHOUSE AURORA, ILLINOIS 1866 - 1974 THIS FORTY-STALL ROUNDHOUSE AND BACKSHOPS WAS A REPAIR AND CONSTRUCTION FACILITY...

    Friends of the Bells

      Casa de las Siete Chimeneas

        Christian Krohg

        Submitted by @caddickbrown

        Submitted by @caddickbrown

          Hoover Dam and Lake Mead

            Meriwether Lewis Burial Site

            Submitted by @athikers_bob

            Submitted by @athikers_bob

              In Memory of Dr. Edgar H. & Elva Knowlton and Dr. Edgar A. & Bobby Knowlton

              Submitted by @LostToHistory

              Submitted by @LostToHistory

                Battlefield of Malvern Hill

                  Richard Register, Green City Visionary

                    CHOCOLATE WORKERS' SIT-DOWN STRIKE

                    From IG post CHOCOLATE WORKERS' SIT-DOWN STRIKE Hershey's Chocolate Workers Local 1 (CIO) responded to a labor-management impasse on April 2, 1937 by initiating the first sit-down strike in...

                    From IG post CHOCOLATE WORKERS' SIT-DOWN STRIKE Hershey's Chocolate Workers Local 1 (CIO) responded to a labor-management impasse on April 2, 1937 by initiating the first sit-down strike...

                      Saw Mill River Daylighting - Industry

                      Saw Mill River Daylighting Otis ElevatorThe building in front of you once housed the famous Otis Elevator factory. Although elevators date back to ancient Egypt, the concept for the safety...

                      Saw Mill River Daylighting Otis ElevatorThe building in front of you once housed the famous Otis Elevator factory. Although elevators date back to ancient Egypt, the concept for the...

                      • yonkers
                      • saw mill river
                      • elisha graves otis
                      • 1852
                      • 1854

                      Registered Yonkers Landmark - Untermyer Park

                      REGISTERED YONKERS LANDMARK UNTERMYER PARK SITE OF GREYSTONE THE HOME OF JOHN T. WARING 1868-1879 SAMUEL J. TILDEN 1879-1899SAMUEL UNTERMYER 1899-1940 DEDICATED BY YONKERS HISTORICAL...

                      REGISTERED YONKERS LANDMARK UNTERMYER PARK SITE OF GREYSTONE THE HOME OF JOHN T. WARING 1868-1879 SAMUEL J. TILDEN 1879-1899SAMUEL UNTERMYER 1899-1940 DEDICATED BY YONKERS...

                      • yonkers
                      • untermyer park
                      • park
                      • samuel tilden
                      • john waring
                      • samuel untermyer
                      • 1868
                      • 1940

                      Untermyer Park, Historic Landmark of the United States

                      UNTERMYER PARK HISTORIC LANDMARK OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ENACTED BY CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION FEDERAL PRESERVATION LOT OF 1966Submitted by @lampbane

                      UNTERMYER PARK HISTORIC LANDMARK OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ENACTED BY CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION FEDERAL PRESERVATION LOT OF 1966Submitted by @lampbane

                      • yonkers
                      • untermyer park
                      • park
                      • 1966

                      Shorewood HIgh School

                      SHOREWOOD HIGH SCHOOL A forerunner in secondary school design, Shorewood High School is modeled on a university campus plan. Constructed between 1924 and 1938 by Milwaukee architects Herbst and...

                      SHOREWOOD HIGH SCHOOL A forerunner in secondary school design, Shorewood High School is modeled on a university campus plan. Constructed between 1924 and 1938 by Milwaukee architects Herbst...

                        Callan Hotel

                        #alwaysreadtheplaque, San Diego weirdness edition https://t.co/SOToxslf4z TweetSubmitted by @alexismadrigal

                        #alwaysreadtheplaque, San Diego weirdness edition https://t.co/SOToxslf4z TweetSubmitted by @alexismadrigal

                        • monkeys
                        • internment
                        • wwii
                        • concentration camps

                        Tarea Hall Pittman

                          Morro Bay

                          Submitted by @jqmcd

                          Submitted by @jqmcd

                            Pensionnat Heger, Bronte Sisters

                            NEAR THIS SITE FORMERLY STOOD THE PENSIONNAT HEGER WHERE THE WRITERS CHARLOTTE AND EMILY BRONTE STUDIED IN 1842-43 THIS COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE WAS PLACED HERE BY THE BRONTE SOCCIETY WITH THE KIND...

                            NEAR THIS SITE FORMERLY STOOD THE PENSIONNAT HEGER WHERE THE WRITERS CHARLOTTE AND EMILY BRONTE STUDIED IN 1842-43 THIS COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE WAS PLACED HERE BY THE BRONTE SOCCIETY WITH THE...

                              Cummings Playground

                              Submitted by @chicagobars

                              Submitted by @chicagobars

                                Moriyama & Teshima Architects

                                Submitted by @lingwhatics

                                Submitted by @lingwhatics