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

El Cerrito Fire Station No. 72

    Anza Expedition of 1776

      Alvarado Park

        Alvarado Park -- A Popular Gathering Place

          Native Peoples of the East Bay

            This Gateway to Kansas

            This Gateway to Kansas sign sits pretty innocuously on the side of Minnesota Avenue in downtown Kansas City, KS (Approximately 4th St and Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, KS). It marks 5 events of...

            This Gateway to Kansas sign sits pretty innocuously on the side of Minnesota Avenue in downtown Kansas City, KS (Approximately 4th St and Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, KS). It marks 5 events of...

            • lewis and clark
            • wyandotte county
            • kansas
            • missouri river

            OLD BURYING GROUND

            Deeded to town, 1731, by Nathanael Taylor. Capt. Otway Burns of the War of 1812, Revolutionary and Civil War soldiers are buried here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...

            Deeded to town, 1731, by Nathanael Taylor. Capt. Otway Burns of the War of 1812, Revolutionary and Civil War soldiers are buried here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

            • ncmarkers
            • north carolina

            CORNWALLIS

            First led his army into North Carolina near here, Sept. 1780. After Battle of Kings Mountain, Oct. 7, he returned to S.C.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...

            First led his army into North Carolina near here, Sept. 1780. After Battle of Kings Mountain, Oct. 7, he returned to S.C.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...

            • ncmarkers
            • north carolina

            Bennett House

              A Mountain Man Jailed

                Marengo Pioneer Cemetery

                This site on Territorial Road was a gift of Seeley Neal (1778-1862) from 640 acres acquired from the government in 1831. Neal, a veteran of the War of 1812, built the first log house in the...

                This site on Territorial Road was a gift of Seeley Neal (1778-1862) from 640 acres acquired from the government in 1831. Neal, a veteran of the War of 1812, built the first log house in the...

                • michigan
                • michigan his...

                Chinese Fisherman

                  Dedicated to Peace and Meditation

                    Dr. Elwood Mead - Namesake of Lake Mead

                      California State Railroad Museum

                        City of Yreka, California Museum of Firefighting

                          First Presbyterian Church

                          Organized 1861 by the Rev. John Anderson. Odd Fellows Seminary and a downtown shop were sites of early worship. Congregation built first sanctuary in 1874. Architects for this church (built 1891)...

                          Organized 1861 by the Rev. John Anderson. Odd Fellows Seminary and a downtown shop were sites of early worship. Congregation built first sanctuary in 1874. Architects for this church (built...

                          • texas
                          • church

                          Alessandro Pagliapini

                            Harvey Milk

                              AIDS Memorial