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

Mr. Pike Ward

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[Location approximate]

  • fishing
  • whalebone arches

Sorbonne Library

The Sorbonne library thanks its generous donors: Charles Cestre Professor at the Sorbonne 1921Submitted by @p_verschueren

The Sorbonne library thanks its generous donors: Charles Cestre Professor at the Sorbonne 1921Submitted by @p_verschueren

    David L Ramsay

    • ramsay park

    Dorchester's History

      Montclair World War II Memorial

        The University Lofts

          The Rock, Ketchikan

            This Tree and Stone

            THIS TREE AND STONE DEDICATED TO THE  BERKELEY BOYS AND SONS  OF BERKELEY CHAPTER  A.G.S.M

            THIS TREE AND STONE DEDICATED TO THE  BERKELEY BOYS AND SONS  OF BERKELEY CHAPTER  A.G.S.M

              The Western Addition Peace Wall at Koshland Park

                The Western Addition Peace Wall

                  John Hollman Grave

                  Marker is on Nebraska Highway 27, just south of the town of Oskosh and the North Platte River. For reference: about 125 miles east of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and 85 miles west-northwest of North...

                  Marker is on Nebraska Highway 27, just south of the town of Oskosh and the North Platte River. For reference: about 125 miles east of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and 85 miles west-northwest of...

                  • nebraska
                  • garden county
                  • oskkosh
                  • great plains
                  • oregon trail
                  • overland trail

                  Methodist-Episcopal church

                  The Methodist-Episcopal Church Erected c.1844 by the people of Duane and used for public meetings and as a place of worship until 1982. The domed cupola and rounded arches are in the Romanesque...

                  The Methodist-Episcopal Church Erected c.1844 by the people of Duane and used for public meetings and as a place of worship until 1982. The domed cupola and rounded arches are in the...

                  • duane ny
                  • adirondacks
                  • alan r reno
                  • church
                  • methodist-episcopal
                  • national register

                  Rio Puerco Bridge (Route 66)

                  Rio Puerco BridgeThis Parker through truss located on the historic Route 66 was built in 1933. It was fabricated by the Kansas City Structural Steel Company and erected by F. D. Shuffelbarger of...

                  Rio Puerco BridgeThis Parker through truss located on the historic Route 66 was built in 1933. It was fabricated by the Kansas City Structural Steel Company and erected by F. D. Shuffelbarger...

                  • bridge
                  • route66

                  Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

                  109 East Palace1943 Santa Fe office 1963Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory University of California All the men and women who made the first atomic bomb passed through this portal to their secret...

                  109 East Palace1943 Santa Fe office 1963Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory University of California All the men and women who made the first atomic bomb passed through this portal to their secret...

                  • santa fe
                  • atomic
                  • nuclear
                  • los alamos

                  Mississippi River Old Ferry Landing - Port Allen - Baton Rouge Site - 1820-1968

                    Horses and wagons first used the ferry, then gradually giving way to cars and trucks. Pedestrian traffic was always an important part of the ferry service. At one time all east-west traffic...

                    Horses and wagons first used the ferry, then gradually giving way to cars and trucks. Pedestrian traffic was always an important part of the ferry service. At one time all east-west traffic...

                  • louisiana
                  • mississippi river
                  • ferry

                  Houmas House

                    Houmas Indian land grant sold to Conway and Latil in 1774. Sold to Revolutionary War hero Wade Hampton 1811. Greek revival mansion built by John Smith Preston in 1840. Restored by Dr. George...

                    Houmas Indian land grant sold to Conway and Latil in 1774. Sold to Revolutionary War hero Wade Hampton 1811. Greek revival mansion built by John Smith Preston in 1840. Restored by Dr....

                  • louisiana
                  • plantation
                  • gardens
                  • antebellum
                  • native americans

                  Baton Rouge Lakes - City Park Lake

                    The idea to create lakes from the old Perkins Swamp originated in a Chamber of Commerce meeting in 1933, when thousands of men needed work and the relocation of the LSU campus had created...

                    The idea to create lakes from the old Perkins Swamp originated in a Chamber of Commerce meeting in 1933, when thousands of men needed work and the relocation of the LSU campus had created...

                  • louisiana
                  • environment
                  • waterway
                  • lakes

                  Edwards (NY) Mine

                  EDWARDS MINE Northern Ore operated the mine from 1899 to 1926 when sold to St. Joseph Lead Co. Later sold to other owners, but still principle employer in area. Produced 1,177,374 tons high grad...

                  EDWARDS MINE Northern Ore operated the mine from 1899 to 1926 when sold to St. Joseph Lead Co. Later sold to other owners, but still principle employer in area. Produced 1,177,374 tons high grad...

                  • mining
                  • edwards ny
                  • ore
                  • mine
                  • alan r reno
                  • st. joseph lead co.
                  • zinc
                  • abandoned

                  Duane Methodist Episcopal Church

                  Duane Methodist Episcopal Church has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 by the United States Department of the InteriorWilliam C Pomeroy Foundation 2016Submitted by Alan R Reno

                  Duane Methodist Episcopal Church has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 by the United States Department of the InteriorWilliam C Pomeroy Foundation 2016Submitted by Alan R Reno

                  • duane ny
                  • methodist episcopal
                  • church
                  • historic
                  • adirondacks
                  • alan r reno

                  The Star - Carville's Patient- Published Newspaper

                    The Sixty-six STAR was born in 1931, with Stanley Stein as its editor. The name was selected by Carville patient and Texas pharmacist, Stanley Levyson (AKA Stanley Stein). It was first published...

                    The Sixty-six STAR was born in 1931, with Stanley Stein as its editor. The name was selected by Carville patient and Texas pharmacist, Stanley Levyson (AKA Stanley Stein). It was first published...

                  • louisiana
                  • museum