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

Lafayette The Pioneer Settlement

Submitted by @jqmcd

Submitted by @jqmcd

    Cohen-Vecki House

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    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