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

Kempf Plaza

PLAZA AND FOUNTAINDEDICATED SEPTEMBER 10, 1999 CITY OF CHICAGO RICHARD M. DALEYMAYORGENE SCHULTERALDERMAN, 47TH WARD Submitted by @lampbane

  • illinois
  • chicago
  • lincoln square
  • fountain
  • richard daley
  • gene schulter
  • 1999

Fencers Club and School

Fencers Club and SchoolFounded 1883 Submitted by @lampbane

  • new york
  • manhattan
  • fencing
  • sports
  • club
  • 1883

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen

DR. SUN YAT-SEN DR. SUN YAT-SEN PLAZA, COLUMBUS PARK   Dr. Sun Yat-sen was born in 1866 in China during the Qing Dynasty. His early education in China, Hawaii, and Hong Kong established him as...

  • new york
  • manhattan
  • chinatown
  • sun yat-sen
  • china
  • 1866
  • 1911
  • 1912
  • 1925
  • 2019

David Ellis

Crushed in an unguarded bakery mixerDied February 17, 1999Submitted by @lampbane

  • canada
  • ontario
  • toronto
  • monument
  • 1999
  • bakery
  • mixer

Line of Defense

August 27, 1776 Battle of Long Island175 Feet South -> Site of Valley Grove House<- 150 Feet North Submitted by @lampbane

  • new york
  • brooklyn
  • battle of lo...
  • prospect park
  • 1776

Four Freedoms Park

IN THE FUTURE DAYS WHICH WE SEEK TO MAKE SECURE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO A WORLD FOUNDED UPON FOUR ESSENTIAL HUMAN FREEDOMS. THE FIRST IS FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION - EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD. THE...

  • new york
  • manhattan
  • roosevelt island
  • four freedoms park
  • franklin roosevelt
  • 1941

Roosevelt Island and the Blackwell House

ROOSEVELT ISLAND AND THE BLACKWELL HOUSE   1639 CABINS OF THE FIRST DUTCH SETTLERS 1668 HOME OF SHERIFF JOHN MANNING FIRST BRITISH RESIDENT 1676 INHERITED BY MARY MANNINGHAM WHO MARRIED...

  • new york
  • manhattan
  • roosevelt island
  • blackwell house
  • robert blackwell
  • peter cooper
  • 1639
  • 1668
  • 1676
  • 1796
  • 1828
  • 1829
  • 1955
  • 1975
  • 1981

USS Pampanito (SS383)

USS PAMPANITO (SS383) HAS BEEN DESIGNATED ANATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1986 NATIONAL...

  • california
  • san francisco
  • fisherman's wharf
  • us navy
  • ship
  • landmark
  • 1986

Winfield Scott House

WINFIELD SCOTT HOUSEHAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   1974 NATIONAL...

  • new york
  • manhattan
  • greenwich village
  • winfield scott
  • landmark
  • 1974

The Time Capsules

THE TIME CAPSULES DEPOSITED SEPTEMBER 23, 1938 AND OCTOBER 16, 1965BY THE  WESTINGHOUSEELECTRIC CORPORATIONAS A RECORD OF TWENTIETH CENTURY CIVILIZATION TO ENDURE FOR 5,000 YEARSSubmitted by @lampbane

  • new york
  • queens
  • flushing
  • flushing mea...
  • park
  • time capsule
  • 1938
  • 1965

Former Mid Canada Line Radar Site 070 Ramore / Mt. Kempis

In the boreal forest of Northern Ontario, just off the Trans Canada Highway, a 1.2 kilometre drive down a rough road, then a 200 metre bushwack along an overgrown section of what used to be a...

  • cold war
  • abandoned
  • military

Edmund Pettus Bridge

Edmund Pettus Bridgehas been designated a    National Historic Landmark   This site possess national significance for its association with "Bloody Sunday," a seminal event in the Civil Rights...

    Civil Rights Memorial Park

    Civil Rights Memorial ParkNever Forget, Never Again.The bloodshed on this bridge named to honor Klan Leader, Edmund Pettus, must fuel our resolve to secure the right to vote in perpetuity....

      Greenwood Playground

      GREENWOOD PLAYGROUND 3.192 ACRES Green-Wood Cemetery was commissioned in 1838 as the first nonsectarian cemetery in the City of Brooklyn. Its striking Victorian gatehouses and...

      • brooklyn
      • windsor terrace
      • kensington
      • green-wood cemetery
      • playground
      • 1935
      • 1922
      • 1993

      Aliso Creek Adobes