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

Sir Norman Angell

Submitted by @Ritterton.

Submitted by @Ritterton.

    The Netherbow Wellhead with Sculpture

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    Submitted by @Ritterton.

      Bellingham Cruise Terminal

        Gathering Together

          Christ Church Cathedral

          The second Episcopal parish in the Republic of Texas. Led by a missionary of the Episcopal Church in the United States, the Rev. R.M. Chapman, and by an early Houstonian, Col. William Fairfax...

          The second Episcopal parish in the Republic of Texas. Led by a missionary of the Episcopal Church in the United States, the Rev. R.M. Chapman, and by an early Houstonian, Col. William Fairfax...

          • texas
          • houston
          • church
          • religion

          Annunciation Church Houston

          Second Catholic church in Houston; outgrowth of St. Vincent’s parish, established in 1839. Although founding pastor planned edifice (1867-1874) in style worthy of a cathedral, it never gained that...

          Second Catholic church in Houston; outgrowth of St. Vincent’s parish, established in 1839. Although founding pastor planned edifice (1867-1874) in style worthy of a cathedral, it never gained that...

          • texas
          • houston
          • church
          • religion

          Ken Imus - Ferndale Visionary

            Daughters of the Republic of Texas

            On November 6, 1891, seventeen women met at the home of Mrs. Andrew Briscoe at this site to organize an auxiliary to the Texas Veterans Association. Mrs. Anson Jones was elected president of the...

            On November 6, 1891, seventeen women met at the home of Mrs. Andrew Briscoe at this site to organize an auxiliary to the Texas Veterans Association. Mrs. Anson Jones was elected president of the...

            • texas
            • houston
            • historic society
            • women

            Jack Petersen

            Cardiff born First Welshman to win British & Empire Heavyweight Boxing Championships Trained in this building Ganed yng Nghaerdydd, y Cymro cyntaf i ennill Pencampwriaethau Bocsio Pwysau Trwm...

            Cardiff born First Welshman to win British & Empire Heavyweight Boxing Championships Trained in this building Ganed yng Nghaerdydd, y Cymro cyntaf i ennill Pencampwriaethau Bocsio Pwysau...

            • united kingdom
            • wales
            • cardiff
            • sports
            • boxing

            Neath Freemasons

            Freemasons Have held meetings in Neath Since 1777 1717-2017

            Freemasons Have held meetings in Neath Since 1777 1717-2017

            • united kingdom
            • wales
            • neath
            • freemasons

            Jefferson Street Park

            Natchitoches is one of the many stops along the Jefferson Highway, one of the country's first intercontinental roadways. Today, a portion of the Jefferson runs through the Natchitoches Historic...

            Natchitoches is one of the many stops along the Jefferson Highway, one of the country's first intercontinental roadways. Today, a portion of the Jefferson runs through the Natchitoches...

            • louisiana
            • natchitoches
            • jefferson highway

            Jefferson Highway Tourist Camp

            The Natchitoches Tourist Park and Campground, situated west of what was the Normal College, was established in 1922 on the Jefferson Highway. One of the largest campgrounds on the highway,...

            The Natchitoches Tourist Park and Campground, situated west of what was the Normal College, was established in 1922 on the Jefferson Highway. One of the largest campgrounds on the...

            • louisiana
            • natchitoches
            • jefferson highway

            Steel Magnolias

            It was on this location that the movie Steel Magnolias filmed Shelby's (Julia Roberts) funeral. It was this scene that prompted the phrase "laughter through the tears" which was used to describe...

            It was on this location that the movie Steel Magnolias filmed Shelby's (Julia Roberts) funeral. It was this scene that prompted the phrase "laughter through the tears" which was used to describe...

            • louisiana
            • natchitoches
            • film location
            • movie
            • cemetery

            Early Spanish Missions

            Catholic mission church built at Las Cabezas on Bayou Scie about 1795. Succeeded by Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe (Our Lady of Guadalupe). In 1858 referred to as St. Michael (San Miguel). Zwolle's...

            Catholic mission church built at Las Cabezas on Bayou Scie about 1795. Succeeded by Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe (Our Lady of Guadalupe). In 1858 referred to as St. Michael (San Miguel)....

            • louisiana
            • spanish
            • church
            • religion

            Jefferson Highway Historic Route

            Named for U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, this highway was completed in 1926 and originally extended 2,194 miles from Winnipeg, Canada and onto New Orleans, Louisiana. Its route in central...

            Named for U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, this highway was completed in 1926 and originally extended 2,194 miles from Winnipeg, Canada and onto New Orleans, Louisiana. Its route in...

            • louisiana
            • pineville
            • rapides parish
            • jefferson highway

            Louisiana Logging Camp

            Established by the Louisiana Lumber Company of Glenmora. The company built a small town here in 1923 consisting of a hotel, commissary, oil and pump house, machine shop, and office building which...

            Established by the Louisiana Lumber Company of Glenmora. The company built a small town here in 1923 consisting of a hotel, commissary, oil and pump house, machine shop, and office building which...

            • louisiana
            • industry
            • logging

            Richard More

            This land was once owned by Richard More the only Mayflower passenger to move from Plymouth to Salem

            This land was once owned by Richard More the only Mayflower passenger to move from Plymouth to Salem

              William Stephens

                Allegheny West Historic District

                Allegheny West developed as a neighborhood of the wealthy and the substantial middle class between 1850 and 1910. North, Beech, Lincoln, and Western Avenues are streets of Italianate and...

                Allegheny West developed as a neighborhood of the wealthy and the substantial middle class between 1850 and 1910. North, Beech, Lincoln, and Western Avenues are streets of Italianate and...

                • pittsburgh
                • allegheny west
                • historic district
                • neighborhood
                • ccac

                Calvert United Methodist Church & Cemetery Washington County

                Calvert Methodist Episcopal Church South first organized in in a community building used for a school. In 1889, Francis A. and Edna Webb donated this property for a church, and the congregation...

                Calvert Methodist Episcopal Church South first organized in in a community building used for a school. In 1889, Francis A. and Edna Webb donated this property for a church, and the...

                • alabama
                • church
                • cemetery