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

Front street Lahaina

    Converse

    CONVERSE In 1660, Deacon Edward Converse became the first of his lineage to come to America from England, Settling in Charlestown, MA. He established the first ferry between Charlestown and...

    CONVERSE In 1660, Deacon Edward Converse became the first of his lineage to come to America from England, Settling in Charlestown, MA. He established the first ferry between Charlestown and...

    • rubber shoe
    • converse
    • marquis

    Palliser Expedition

    PALLISER EXPEDITION EXPEDITION PALLISER 1857-1860 Captain John Palliser was able to carry out his project of making a scientific exploration of western British North America in 1857, when the...

    PALLISER EXPEDITION EXPEDITION PALLISER 1857-1860 Captain John Palliser was able to carry out his project of making a scientific exploration of western British North America in 1857, when...

      Home of the Misses Sarah and Emmy Cary

        Salute to Leavitt & Peirce

          West Church

            The Changing Yard

              The Charlestown Bells

                Nuclear Energy

                On December 2, 1942 man achieved here the first self-sustaining chain reaction and thereby initiated the controlled release of nuclear energy   Submitted by Bryan Arnold @nanowhiskers

                On December 2, 1942 man achieved here the first self-sustaining chain reaction and thereby initiated the controlled release of nuclear energy   Submitted by Bryan Arnold @nanowhiskers

                  Elizabeth Cary Agassiz

                    Riverway Overpass

                    National Industrial Recovery Act of 1934 overpass with names of political leaders and engineers

                    National Industrial Recovery Act of 1934 overpass with names of political leaders and engineers

                      Black Soldiers of the Continental Army

                      REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS BLACK SOLDIERS OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY CATO STEDMAN AND NEPTUNE FROST ARE BURIED IN THIS GROUND 1775

                      REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS BLACK SOLDIERS OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY CATO STEDMAN AND NEPTUNE FROST ARE BURIED IN THIS GROUND 1775

                        Site of the Birthplace of Charles Bulfinch

                          Suffolk Law School

                          DEDICATED TO THE SERVICE OF MEN WHO MUST STUDY, IF AT ALL, BY NIGHT

                          DEDICATED TO THE SERVICE OF MEN WHO MUST STUDY, IF AT ALL, BY NIGHT

                            Tadeusz Kosciuszko 1746 - 1817

                            TADEUSZ KOSCIUSZKO 1746 - 1817 I PREFER PEACE MORE THAN THE GREATEST RANK IN THE WORLD Submitted by MrWilsonZ

                            TADEUSZ KOSCIUSZKO 1746 - 1817 I PREFER PEACE MORE THAN THE GREATEST RANK IN THE WORLD Submitted by MrWilsonZ

                              The Traffic Jam

                              The Traffic Jam In 1992 the American artist, Mark Bulwinkle, created the steel sculptures you see here and throughout the parking lots of The East Bay Bridge Shopping Center. To all the children...

                              The Traffic Jam In 1992 the American artist, Mark Bulwinkle, created the steel sculptures you see here and throughout the parking lots of The East Bay Bridge Shopping Center. To all the...

                                Coeur d' Alene Mining District

                                Submitted by @larrycebula.

                                Submitted by @larrycebula.

                                  Brooklyn Bridge National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark

                                    Site of the Bowling Green 1700

                                      New Croton Aqueduct

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