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

U.S. Columbia River Quarantine Station

  • pesthouse
  • ellis island
  • plague

Seaside Promenade

    The Development of RenderMan for Photorealistic Graphics, 1981-1988

      Oregon Geology

        Give Bees a Chance

          Pastor Larry & Janet Stomp

            Ralph Fasanella, "Subway Riders"

            Ralph Fasanella   Subway Riders 1950 Oil on canvas   "I'd ride the subway every day, back and forth to my machine shop job. I'd ride and ride and sketch and sketch. I love the subway. It pulls...

            • new york
            • manhattan
            • midtown
            • art
            • mta
            • ralph fasanella
            • 1950

            Rapkin-Gayle Plaza

            RAPKIN-GAYLE PLAZA   What was here before?   Lenapehoking, the homelands of the Lenape, encompassed territory from Connecticut to Delaware. The village of Sapokanikan stood northwest of here near...

            • new york
            • manhattan
            • soho
            • park
            • nicholas bayard
            • chester rapkin
            • margot gayle
            • 1685
            • 1852
            • 1925
            • 1955
            • 2010
            • 2022

            Captain Robert Gray

              P.S. 82 Playground

              P.S. 82 Playground   This Playground made possible by the generous support of:   New York City Council Member James F. Gennaro   September, 2010 Submitted by @lampbane

              • new york
              • queens
              • jamaica
              • school
              • playground
              • james f. gennaro
              • 2010

              The Old Stone Church, Queens

              AT THE HEAD OF THIS STREET KNOWN IN COLONIAL DAYS AS MEETING HOUSE LANE STOOD THE OLD STONE CHURCH, USED AS A PLACE OF WORSHIP FROM 1699 TO 1815, AND AS A PRISON IN 1776 BY THE BRITISH....

              • new york
              • queens
              • jamaica
              • rufus king
              • 1699
              • 1815
              • 1776

              Jamaica Avenue Clock

              THIS ELEGANT, DOUBLE-FACED POST CLOCK, ORIGINALLY INSTALLED AROUND THE TURN OF THE 20th CENTURY AT 161-11 JAMAICA AVENUE, WAS MANUFACTURED BY THE SELF-WINDING CLOCK COMPANY OF CLINTON...

              • new york
              • queens
              • jamaica
              • clock
              • 1981
              • 1989
              • 2021

              The 175th Anniversary of the Long Island Railroad

              Commemorating THE 175th ANNIVERSARY OF THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD 1834 to 2009   This plaque was presented at Jamaica, NY on April 24, 2009 In grateful recognition of the long-term...

              • new york
              • queens
              • jamaica
              • long island
              • lirr
              • railroad
              • train
              • station
              • 1834
              • 2009

              Yerxa's Discovery

              County of RiversideHistorical Marker No. 054Yerxa's DiscoveryCabot Yerxa, veteran of the Alaska Gold Rush of 1898, homesteaded 160 acres near here in 1913. By a hand-dug well, he discovered the...

                Cabot A. Yerxa

                Desert Hot Springs Historical LandmarkCabot A. Yerxa, 1883-1965The home of Cabot A. Yerxa, pioneer desert homesteader in 1913. Discoverer of the natural hot mineral water in 1914. Founder...