Morro Rock
MORRO ROCK An important mariner's navigational landfall for over 300 years. Chronicled in the diaries of Portola, Fr. Crespi and Costanso in 1769 when camped near this area on their trek to find...
- morro rock
- monterey
- san luis obispo
- california
- gibraltar
Peoria Train Depot
Peoria train depot The Peoria train depot was constructed in 1895 at a cost of $1,455 by the Santa Fe Prescott Phoenix Railway company.
- train
- railroad
- peroria
- 10 sacks of flour
- arizona
Wazir Khan mosque pulpit
This is carved into the pulpit at the Wazir Khan mosque in Lahore, Pakistan (so I guess technically it is not a separate plaque...). This mosque was completed in 1635 under the supervision of...
- lahore
- pakistan
- pulpit
- mosque
- wood
Monterey Custom House
TRANSCRIPTION:Monterey Custom HouseIt was over this building that the American flag was raised by commodore John Drake Sloat, July 7, 1846. Signalizing the passing of California from...
- monterey
- california
- mexico
- sloat
- custom
- custom house
PCR Park
PCR PARK This plaque commemorates the pioneering scientists on this campus who have made discovers and advances that are essential to many areas of life science research, forensics, and...
- emeryville
- california
- bat area
- pcr
- novartis
- science
World's First Astrochimp HAM
I first saw this plaque at the Space History Museum in Alamogordo, New Mexico, the plaque is located by the flag poles in front of the museum and is also where HAM is buried. WORLD'S...
- new mexico
- museum of sp...
- alamogordo
- chimpanzee
- nasa
- astrochimp
Berkeley Hysterical Plaque Project
935 HEARST AVENUE No pivotal battles that changed the course of history were fought here. Nary a famous person was ever born or raised, lived, slept, dined, or even gave a glancing look at...
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- hearst
- isn't even t...
The National Weather Center Building
Submitted by @deahence .
- national
- weather
- center
- norman
- oklahoma
Boston Molasses Flood
Boston Molasses Flood On January 15, 1919, a molasses tank at 529 Commercial Street exploded under pres-sure, killing 21 people. A 40-foot wave of molasses bucked the elevated...
- boston
- flood
- molasses
- 40 foot wave
Eagle Hotel
Submitted by @InternistEVV .
- civil war
- sigel
- breakfast
- battery
- bentonville
- sugar creek
- van dorn
Washington Grade and Orthopedic School
Washington Grade and Orthopedic School John Flad, Architect 1939 The Washington School is significant as a public works administration- funded school in the Art Moderne style by architect John...
- john flad
- art moderne
- madison
- wisconsin
17th Street Farmers Market
This historical 17th street Farmers Market is one of the many historical establishments in Richmond, VA. It is in the home of Shockoe Bottom, which was one of the largest slave trading community...
- farmers market
- shockoe bottom
- rva
- 1780
- 1854
- richmond
- 1913
- slavery
Juliette Gordon Low
FOUNDED GIRL SCOUTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN 1912 TO ENCOURAGE GIRLS TO DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN THEIR LEADERSHIP SKILLS; TO PROVIDE SUPPORT, KINDNESS AND COMPASSION TO THOSE IN NEED; AND...
- juliette gordon low
- juliette low
- washington dc
- girl scouts
The Delta Kappa Gamma Society
Submitted by @kathryndennett.
- austin
- texas
Oldest Pacific Lighthouse
Submitted by @ConstantOrbit
- lahaina
- hawaii
Michael Mac Ruaidhri
Submitted by @VoxHib
Bridge to the 21st Century
This is one of my all-time favorite plaques, because of its personal connection. I grew up in Centralia/Chehalis, and when I was 8 years old, my parents - although, like most of the...
- us presdient
- bill clinton
- al gore
- centralia
- washington
The Greatest Timber Framed Roof in Europe.
Transcript: The Greatest Timber Framed Roof in Europe. The massive carved frames for the Roof of the Great Hall in the Palace of Westminster were made in Farnham not far from this spot and sent...
White Swan Hotel
Submitted by @TBuckwalterLNP
- lancaster
- pennsylvania
- whipping
- pillories
- stocks
- jail
- washington
- adams
- continental congress
- slough
- 1763
- infamous ride
- hubley
Charles DeMuth
Submitted by @TBuckwalterLNP
- lancaster
- pennsylvania
- painting