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

The Jimmy Doolittle Pier

    Mass Trespass Onto Kinder Scout

    THE MASS TRESPASS ONTO KINDER SCOUT STARTED FROM THIS QUARRY 24TH APRIL 1932 Submitted by @DamoBell

    THE MASS TRESPASS ONTO KINDER SCOUT STARTED FROM THIS QUARRY 24TH APRIL 1932 Submitted by @DamoBell

      Ludington Car Ferries / S. S. Badger

      Beginning in 1875 the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad shuttled produce, passengers and freight in wooden steamers between Ludington and ports in Wisconsin. In 1892 railroad car ferry service...

      Beginning in 1875 the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad shuttled produce, passengers and freight in wooden steamers between Ludington and ports in Wisconsin. In 1892 railroad car ferry...

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      LAPD’s first fully- staffed Kōban

      “Welcome to the LAPD’s first fully-staffed kōban in LA. The first kōban was set up in Japan in the 1840s to provide the police a more intimate setting for public interaction.”Submitted by @oranv

      “Welcome to the LAPD’s first fully-staffed kōban in LA. The first kōban was set up in Japan in the 1840s to provide the police a more intimate setting for public interaction.”Submitted by @oranv

        The Pinelli Building

        Sonoma City Landmark No. 4 The Pinelli Building Constructed OE Native Stoue ln 1891 By Augostino Pinelli

        Sonoma City Landmark No. 4 The Pinelli Building Constructed OE Native Stoue ln 1891 By Augostino Pinelli

          Indesign

          Submitted by @jqmcd

          Submitted by @jqmcd

            San Francisco Mining Exchange

              Murder in the Cathedral

              The spot in Canterbury Cathedral at which Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered by supporters of King Henry II in 1170 CE.

              The spot in Canterbury Cathedral at which Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered by supporters of King Henry II in 1170 CE.

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              EBRPD RETIREES ASSN

              HONORING OUR RETIREES RELAX AND ENJOY, DEDICATED MARCH 2002 EBRPD RETIREES ASSN

              HONORING OUR RETIREES RELAX AND ENJOY, DEDICATED MARCH 2002 EBRPD RETIREES ASSN

                Maj. Charles Lee Tilden

                  Nimitz Way

                    Rainbow Bridge Bench

                      Dr. Jose P. Rizal

                        Andrea Brenta

                          Bertha Ryland

                          A plaque in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery marking the spot where in 1914 suffragette Bertha Ryland slashed a painting in support of votes for women.Submitted by: Alistair Wylie

                          A plaque in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery marking the spot where in 1914 suffragette Bertha Ryland slashed a painting in support of votes for women.Submitted by: Alistair Wylie

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                          Help Given to German Children by the Irish People after World War II

                            Glorious Kingdom Primitive Baptist Church

                              Lifeboats

                                The Forgotten Irish

                                  The Proclamation of Korean Independence