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

Charlestown Navy Shipbuilding Site

    Christ Church Oldest Church Building in Cambridge

      Michelle Gorman- McCabe

        The Cow Creeks

          Boston Naval Shipyard

            Play Place at the Union

              What is a Warhol

                Boston, the Navy Yard, and the War of 1812

                  DEXTER PRATT HOUSE

                  DEXTER PRATT HOUSE HOME OF DEXTER PRATT THE "VILLAGE BLACKSMITH" IMMORTALIZED BY LONGFELLOW 1808

                  DEXTER PRATT HOUSE HOME OF DEXTER PRATT THE "VILLAGE BLACKSMITH" IMMORTALIZED BY LONGFELLOW 1808

                    Pedestrian Flag Program

                      Angel’s Flight

                      Built in 1901 by Colonel J. W. Eddy, lawyer, engineer, and friend of President Lincoln, Angel's Flight is said to be the world's shortest incorporated railway. The counterbalanced cars, controlled...

                      Built in 1901 by Colonel J. W. Eddy, lawyer, engineer, and friend of President Lincoln, Angel's Flight is said to be the world's shortest incorporated railway. The counterbalanced cars, controlled...

                      • los angeles
                      • transit
                      • funicular railroads
                      • angel’s flight

                      Cheshire Public Library Addition

                      CHESHIRE PUBLIC LIBRARY ADDITION 1996 SANDRA R. MOURIS, MAYOR: EDWARD T. O'NEILL. JR., TOWN MANAGER THOMAS F. CROWE, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR EMMETT SHUTTS, LIBRARY BOARD CHAIRMAN ANN S. WREGE,...

                      CHESHIRE PUBLIC LIBRARY ADDITION 1996 SANDRA R. MOURIS, MAYOR: EDWARD T. O'NEILL. JR., TOWN MANAGER THOMAS F. CROWE, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR EMMETT SHUTTS, LIBRARY BOARD CHAIRMAN ANN S. WREGE,...

                      • library
                      • cheshire
                      • connecticut

                      Sherman Line Rosenwald School

                      The Sherman Line Rosenwald School was established in 1928 for the education of black youth in the Sherman community from Pike and Amite counties. Partial funding for the school was provided by the...

                      The Sherman Line Rosenwald School was established in 1928 for the education of black youth in the Sherman community from Pike and Amite counties. Partial funding for the school was provided by...

                      • mississippi
                      • rosenwald school
                      • education
                      • pike county
                      • amite county

                      Sergei Vassilevich Rachmaninoff

                      Sergei Vassilevich Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Lived in this building during the last seventeen years of his life. The Russian-born composer, pianist and conductor settled in New York in 1916. He...

                      Sergei Vassilevich Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Lived in this building during the last seventeen years of his life. The Russian-born composer, pianist and conductor settled in New York in 1916. He...

                      • rachmaninoff
                      • composer
                      • pianist

                      Babe Ruth lived here, and there

                      George Herman Ruth -- The Babe Resided here until his death in 1948. 110-118 Riverside Drive

                      George Herman Ruth -- The Babe Resided here until his death in 1948. 110-118 Riverside Drive

                      • babe ruth
                      • baseball

                      Bo Diddley

                      FrontAcclaimed as the father of rock and roll, Bo Diddley (Ellas Bates McDaniel) was born near Magnolia, south of McComb, on December 30, 1928. Diddley wrote and recorded such hits as "I'm A Man",...

                      FrontAcclaimed as the father of rock and roll, Bo Diddley (Ellas Bates McDaniel) was born near Magnolia, south of McComb, on December 30, 1928. Diddley wrote and recorded such hits as "I'm A Man",...

                      • mississippi
                      • blues trail
                      • rock
                      • pike county

                      The Legacy of the Medicine Lake Volcano

                        Medicine Lake Volcano: Colossus of the Cascades

                          Lava Beds National Monument: Insight into the View

                            POW's MIA's and Their Families