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

Coyote Dentures

    1796 Nathan Beman Homestead

    1796 Nathan Beman Homestead On this site Constructed a log cabin Remains of foundation and chimney are seen. Chateaugay Historical Soc.Submitted by Alan R. Reno

    1796 Nathan Beman Homestead On this site Constructed a log cabin Remains of foundation and chimney are seen. Chateaugay Historical Soc.Submitted by Alan R. Reno

    • beman
    • 1796 alan r reno
    • chateaugay ny.
    • settlers
    • log cabin

    The Great Star Fleet

      Hyde Street Pier Was Part of Highway 101

        Scow Schooner Alma

          Hicks Engine

            West Coast Wooden Shipbuilding

              Steam Tug Hercules

                Workin' on the Railroad

                  Towing in the Open Ocean

                    Convict Lake Tragedy, 1990

                    On February 19, 1990, a tragedy occurred at this site. Three boys from a local youth camp fell through the ice. Two counselors, David Myers and Randy porter, U.S. Forest Service employee Clay...

                    On February 19, 1990, a tragedy occurred at this site. Three boys from a local youth camp fell through the ice. Two counselors, David Myers and Randy porter, U.S. Forest Service employee...

                    • eastern sierra
                    • sierra nevada
                    • convict lake
                    • drownings

                    McGee Mountain Rope Tow

                    McGee Mountain Rope Tow   The first permanent rope tow in the Eastern Sierra was built west of this site on the east slope of the McGee Mountain. This predecessor of Mammoth Mountain ski area was...

                    McGee Mountain Rope Tow   The first permanent rope tow in the Eastern Sierra was built west of this site on the east slope of the McGee Mountain. This predecessor of Mammoth Mountain ski area...

                    • california
                    • eastern sierra
                    • dave mccoy
                    • mammoth mountain
                    • dave mccoy
                    • ecv

                    Parihaka Memorial 1848

                    "This plaque was originally planned to extravagantly praise Dunedin, but now I want to remember the Maori passive resisters, abducted from Parihaka, shipped to Dunedin, held without trial,...

                    "This plaque was originally planned to extravagantly praise Dunedin, but now I want to remember the Maori passive resisters, abducted from Parihaka, shipped to Dunedin, held without trial,...

                    • parihaka
                    • passive resistance
                    • colonisation
                    • maori
                    • new zealand
                    • dunedin
                    • public works
                    • prisoners
                    • heritage new...
                    • shistoric pl...

                    Independence, California: Mary Austin's House

                        "But if ever you come beyond the borders as far as the town that lies in a hill dimple at the foot of Kearsarge, never leave it until you have knocked at the door of the brown house under the...

                        "But if ever you come beyond the borders as far as the town that lies in a hill dimple at the foot of Kearsarge, never leave it until you have knocked at the door of the brown house under...

                    • mary austin
                    • california writers
                    • inyo county
                    • independence
                    • eastern sierra
                    • california
                    • owens valley

                    Engine #18, Carson & Colorado Railroad

                      An oil burning steam locomotive, built by Baldwin in 1911, was purchased by the Southern Pacific R.R. in 1928 to haul passengers and freight along the 300 mile narrow gauge line, known locally...

                      An oil burning steam locomotive, built by Baldwin in 1911, was purchased by the Southern Pacific R.R. in 1928 to haul passengers and freight along the 300 mile narrow gauge line, known locally...

                    • owens valley
                    • independence
                    • inyo county
                    • eastern sierra
                    • california
                    • railroads

                    Edmund Schulman Memorial Grove

                    Edmund Schulman Professor of Dendrochronology   A pioneer of modern tree-ring dating, Dr. Schulman conducted research on bristlecone pines here in the White Mountains for many years, eventually...

                    Edmund Schulman Professor of Dendrochronology   A pioneer of modern tree-ring dating, Dr. Schulman conducted research on bristlecone pines here in the White Mountains for many years,...

                    • bristlecone pines
                    • white mountains
                    • inyo county
                    • california

                    Blue Star Memorial Highway-Manzanar

                      These Blue Star Memorial Highway signs seem ubiquitous and may not typically qualify as plaques. I'd argue that this particular one does. It's just outside Manzanar, the site of the World War II...

                      These Blue Star Memorial Highway signs seem ubiquitous and may not typically qualify as plaques. I'd argue that this particular one does. It's just outside Manzanar, the site of the World War II...

                    • manzanar
                    • world war ii
                    • internment
                    • owens valley
                    • eastern sierra
                    • inyo county
                    • california. u.s. 395
                    • blue star me...

                    Westgaard Pass Toll Road

                    Camp Independence soldiers needed a road to Waugoba-Deep Spring. In 1873, J.S. 'Scott' Broder completed this road and collected tolls until 1900. In 1913, A.L. Westgaard led an American Automobile...

                    Camp Independence soldiers needed a road to Waugoba-Deep Spring. In 1873, J.S. 'Scott' Broder completed this road and collected tolls until 1900. In 1913, A.L. Westgaard led an American Automobile...

                    • big pine
                    • westgaard pass
                    • bristlecone pines
                    • white mountains
                    • eastern sierra
                    • inyo county
                    • california

                    1872 Owens Valley Earthquake

                    On the date of March 26, 1872, an earthquake of major proportions shook Owens Valley and nearly destroyed the town of Lone Pine. Twenty seven persons were killed. In addition to single burials, 16...

                    On the date of March 26, 1872, an earthquake of major proportions shook Owens Valley and nearly destroyed the town of Lone Pine. Twenty seven persons were killed. In addition to single burials, 16...

                    • lone pine
                    • inyo county
                    • eastern sierra
                    • california
                    • earthquakes

                    On Lok House