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

Cohen-Vecki House

Submitted by @jqmcd

Submitted by @jqmcd

    Albert Building

    Submitted by @jqmcd

    Submitted by @jqmcd

    • elevator
    • department store
    • ballfield

    May God Continue the Unity of Our Country

    ECV  NILES CALIF.  "MAY GOD CONTINUE THE UNITY OF OUR  COUNTRY AS THIS RAILROAD UNITES THE  TWO GREAT OCEANS OF THE WORLD " THE GOLD SPIKE CEREMONY AT PROMONTORY  UTAH IN MAY OF 1889 UNITED THE ...

    ECV  NILES CALIF.  "MAY GOD CONTINUE THE UNITY OF OUR  COUNTRY AS THIS RAILROAD UNITES THE  TWO GREAT OCEANS OF THE WORLD " THE GOLD SPIKE CEREMONY AT PROMONTORY  UTAH IN MAY OF 1889 UNITED THE ...

    • ecv
    • transcontinental
    • railroad
    • gold spike
    • promontory utah
    • 1869
    • vallejo

    Alamo Grammar School

    Submitted by @jqmcd

    Submitted by @jqmcd

      Essanay Film Studio

      ESSANAY FILM STUDIO  The western branch studio of the Essanay Film  Manufacturing Company stood on this site from 1913  to 1933. It was the first movie studio built for that  purpose in Northern...

      ESSANAY FILM STUDIO  The western branch studio of the Essanay Film  Manufacturing Company stood on this site from 1913  to 1933. It was the first movie studio built for that  purpose in...

        Gropius House

        Submitted by @jqmcd

        Submitted by @jqmcd

        • bauhaus
        • architect

        The Bankers' Building

        Submitted by @jqmcd

        Submitted by @jqmcd

          Site of St. Mary's Catholic Church

          SITE OF  ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH  1940  1884  LAND GIVEN BY THE BOTELHO FAMILY IN 1880  CONSTRUCTION BEGAN 1882  BLESSED BY THE BISHOP 1884  LAST SERVICE MAY 12,1940  WALNUT CREEK HISTORICAL...

          SITE OF  ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH  1940  1884  LAND GIVEN BY THE BOTELHO FAMILY IN 1880  CONSTRUCTION BEGAN 1882  BLESSED BY THE BISHOP 1884  LAST SERVICE MAY 12,1940  WALNUT CREEK HISTORICAL...

            Sen Lee

            Sen Lee  1916 1994    Proprietor of the Hong Kong Restaurant of Harvard Square. This plaque  commemorates the more than fifty years during which Sen Lee and the  Lee Family have built the Hong...

            Sen Lee  1916 1994    Proprietor of the Hong Kong Restaurant of Harvard Square. This plaque  commemorates the more than fifty years during which Sen Lee and the  Lee Family have built the Hong...

              Lorna Slocombe

              Submitted by @jqmcd

              Submitted by @jqmcd

                The Soldiers and Sailors of Cambridge

                Submitted by @jqmcd

                Submitted by @jqmcd

                • civil war
                • lincoln
                • maintenance
                • 1869

                Jan Vohrs From Her Book Group

                • book group

                Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary

                Submitted by Ben Becker.

                Submitted by Ben Becker.

                • louise ayer hatheway

                This Building Was Presented to the City of Oakland

                • chauncey w. gibson
                • library
                • oakland

                Lake Temescal Detention Pond

                • detention pond

                The Railroad History of Lake Temescal

                  Bruce Lee Statue Project

                  Bruce Lee Statue Project Groundbreaking June 15, 2013 Dedication September 28, 2018   The Bruce Lee Statue Project is a community initiative aimed at celebrating the life and legacy of Bruce Lee...

                  Bruce Lee Statue Project Groundbreaking June 15, 2013 Dedication September 28, 2018   The Bruce Lee Statue Project is a community initiative aimed at celebrating the life and legacy of Bruce...

                  • bruce lee
                  • statue
                  • chinatown

                  THe 100-Inch Hooker Telescope

                  THE 100-INCH HOOKER TELESCOPE In 1904, astronomer George Ellery Hale obtained support from the Carnegie Institution of Washington to found the Mount Wilson Solar Observatory. Stellar telescopes...

                  THE 100-INCH HOOKER TELESCOPE In 1904, astronomer George Ellery Hale obtained support from the Carnegie Institution of Washington to found the Mount Wilson Solar Observatory. Stellar...

                  • telescope
                  • mt. wilson
                  • science
                  • astronomy

                  Dylan Thomas in Tenby

                  Where the poet Dylan Thomas read from his newly completed play for voices, Under Milk Wood, not long before he set off on his last trip to New York.Submitted by: Alistair Wylie

                  Where the poet Dylan Thomas read from his newly completed play for voices, Under Milk Wood, not long before he set off on his last trip to New York.Submitted by: Alistair Wylie

                  • dylan thomas
                  • poets

                  Burlington Street

                  Transcription:There is a lady sweet and kindwas never face so pleased my mindI did but see her passing byYet will I love her till I die. ---She passed this way, charmingthe morning, long years...

                  Transcription:There is a lady sweet and kindwas never face so pleased my mindI did but see her passing byYet will I love her till I die. ---She passed this way, charmingthe morning, long...

                  • new zealand
                  • dunedin
                  • street name
                  • amenities society