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

The Cow Creeks

    Boston Naval Shipyard

      Play Place at the Union

        What is a Warhol

          Boston, the Navy Yard, and the War of 1812

            DEXTER PRATT HOUSE

            DEXTER PRATT HOUSE HOME OF DEXTER PRATT THE "VILLAGE BLACKSMITH" IMMORTALIZED BY LONGFELLOW 1808

            DEXTER PRATT HOUSE HOME OF DEXTER PRATT THE "VILLAGE BLACKSMITH" IMMORTALIZED BY LONGFELLOW 1808

              Pedestrian Flag Program

                Angel’s Flight

                Built in 1901 by Colonel J. W. Eddy, lawyer, engineer, and friend of President Lincoln, Angel's Flight is said to be the world's shortest incorporated railway. The counterbalanced cars, controlled...

                Built in 1901 by Colonel J. W. Eddy, lawyer, engineer, and friend of President Lincoln, Angel's Flight is said to be the world's shortest incorporated railway. The counterbalanced cars, controlled...

                • los angeles
                • transit
                • funicular railroads
                • angel’s flight

                Cheshire Public Library Addition

                CHESHIRE PUBLIC LIBRARY ADDITION 1996 SANDRA R. MOURIS, MAYOR: EDWARD T. O'NEILL. JR., TOWN MANAGER THOMAS F. CROWE, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR EMMETT SHUTTS, LIBRARY BOARD CHAIRMAN ANN S. WREGE,...

                CHESHIRE PUBLIC LIBRARY ADDITION 1996 SANDRA R. MOURIS, MAYOR: EDWARD T. O'NEILL. JR., TOWN MANAGER THOMAS F. CROWE, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR EMMETT SHUTTS, LIBRARY BOARD CHAIRMAN ANN S. WREGE,...

                • library
                • cheshire
                • connecticut

                Sherman Line Rosenwald School

                The Sherman Line Rosenwald School was established in 1928 for the education of black youth in the Sherman community from Pike and Amite counties. Partial funding for the school was provided by the...

                The Sherman Line Rosenwald School was established in 1928 for the education of black youth in the Sherman community from Pike and Amite counties. Partial funding for the school was provided by...

                • mississippi
                • rosenwald school
                • education
                • pike county
                • amite county

                Sergei Vassilevich Rachmaninoff

                Sergei Vassilevich Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Lived in this building during the last seventeen years of his life. The Russian-born composer, pianist and conductor settled in New York in 1916. He...

                Sergei Vassilevich Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Lived in this building during the last seventeen years of his life. The Russian-born composer, pianist and conductor settled in New York in 1916. He...

                • rachmaninoff
                • composer
                • pianist

                Babe Ruth lived here, and there

                George Herman Ruth -- The Babe Resided here until his death in 1948. 110-118 Riverside Drive

                George Herman Ruth -- The Babe Resided here until his death in 1948. 110-118 Riverside Drive

                • babe ruth
                • baseball

                Bo Diddley

                FrontAcclaimed as the father of rock and roll, Bo Diddley (Ellas Bates McDaniel) was born near Magnolia, south of McComb, on December 30, 1928. Diddley wrote and recorded such hits as "I'm A Man",...

                FrontAcclaimed as the father of rock and roll, Bo Diddley (Ellas Bates McDaniel) was born near Magnolia, south of McComb, on December 30, 1928. Diddley wrote and recorded such hits as "I'm A Man",...

                • mississippi
                • blues trail
                • rock
                • pike county

                The Legacy of the Medicine Lake Volcano

                  Medicine Lake Volcano: Colossus of the Cascades

                    Lava Beds National Monument: Insight into the View

                      POW's MIA's and Their Families

                        J. D. Howard Father of Lava Beds National Monument

                          Klamath Basin Potato Festival

                          • potato festival

                          The Big Obsidian Flow