A gigantic map of all the cool plaques in the world. A project of 99% Invisible.
Explore the 20,000+ worldwide plaques on the Big Map big map screenshot
The most recent plaques:

Founders Cemetery

This cemetery, the first burying ground of the village from 1840 to 1860. Among the distinguished dead who rest here are Roswell´s founder, Roswell King; Major James Stephens Bulloch, grandfather...

This cemetery, the first burying ground of the village from 1840 to 1860. Among the distinguished dead who rest here are Roswell´s founder, Roswell King; Major James Stephens Bulloch, grandfather...

  • lat34

The Georgia Land Lottery of 1832

Principal Chief John Ross traveled to Washington, D.C. to deliver a petition to the U.S. Congress signed by nearly every member of the Cherokee Nation. The land belonged to the Cherokees, they...

Principal Chief John Ross traveled to Washington, D.C. to deliver a petition to the U.S. Congress signed by nearly every member of the Cherokee Nation. The land belonged to the Cherokees,...

  • lat34

Eyewitness to Horror

Reverend Daniel S. Butrick ran a mission near Rome and was eyewitness to the events: “thus in two or three days about 8,000 people, many of whom were in good circumstances, and some rich, were...

Reverend Daniel S. Butrick ran a mission near Rome and was eyewitness to the events: “thus in two or three days about 8,000 people, many of whom were in good circumstances, and some rich,...

  • lat34

The Cherokee Nation

The Cherokee Nation “You asked us to throw off the hunter and warrior state: We did so - you ask us to form a republican government, We did so - adopting your own as a model. You asked us to...

The Cherokee Nation “You asked us to throw off the hunter and warrior state: We did so - you ask us to form a republican government, We did so - adopting your own as a model. You asked us...

  • lat34

Shotgun Houses / 472 - 488 Auburn Avenue

These duplexes are typical of the houses where Atlanta's blue-collar laborers lived in the early 1900s. The Empire Textile Co. built them for its white mill workers, but they moved out after the...

These duplexes are typical of the houses where Atlanta's blue-collar laborers lived in the early 1900s. The Empire Textile Co. built them for its white mill workers, but they moved out after...

  • lat34

The Birthplace

For his first 12 years Martin Luther King, Jr., lived in the comfortable middle-class home across from you. Two cultural values distinguished the King household: a strong sense of family and the...

For his first 12 years Martin Luther King, Jr., lived in the comfortable middle-class home across from you. Two cultural values distinguished the King household: a strong sense of family and...

  • lat34

The Home

Young Martin Luther King. Jr.'s, childhood here was entirely normal. He did his chores and received his allowance. Neighbors often saw him bouncing a ball off the side of the house or riding his...

Young Martin Luther King. Jr.'s, childhood here was entirely normal. He did his chores and received his allowance. Neighbors often saw him bouncing a ball off the side of the house or riding his...

  • lat34

Burial Ground of Congregation Ahavath

The section of the cemetery encompassing the area behind this marker, bounded by the lane to the east, the sidewalk to the west, and the wall to the south, was established in 1892 as the burial...

The section of the cemetery encompassing the area behind this marker, bounded by the lane to the east, the sidewalk to the west, and the wall to the south, was established in 1892 as the...

  • lat34

Freedom Park

Freedom Park celebrates the lives and work of two renowned Georgians and Nobel Peace Prize winners, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., and President Jimmy Carter. Beginning at the far end of the...

Freedom Park celebrates the lives and work of two renowned Georgians and Nobel Peace Prize winners, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., and President Jimmy Carter. Beginning at the far end of...

  • lat34

Spence House

Farmers Bascom and Oma Spence purchased this 19th century farmhouse in 1918. Their families had lived in North Fulton and Forsyth Counties since the 1840s. The house sits on tree trunks cut on the...

Farmers Bascom and Oma Spence purchased this 19th century farmhouse in 1918. Their families had lived in North Fulton and Forsyth Counties since the 1840s. The house sits on tree trunks cut on the...

  • lat34

Crossroads of Destiny

One of the first thoroughfares developed for opening this area of the land given out in the 1822 land lottery was a road from Lawrenceville southwest towards the Chattahoochee River, which...

One of the first thoroughfares developed for opening this area of the land given out in the 1822 land lottery was a road from Lawrenceville southwest towards the Chattahoochee River,...

  • lat34

Sandy Springs and the Civil War

The summer of 1864 brought changes to Sandy Springs that no one living at the time could have imagined. For a time, during the first weeks of July, 1864, the fields and farms of Sandy Springs...

The summer of 1864 brought changes to Sandy Springs that no one living at the time could have imagined. For a time, during the first weeks of July, 1864, the fields and farms of Sandy...

  • lat34

David and Frances Cotting

This site was known as the Cotting Estate in the mid 1800’s. David Cotting, teacher, editor and lawyer, served as Secretary of State from 1868-1873. He was also a member of the constitutional...

This site was known as the Cotting Estate in the mid 1800’s. David Cotting, teacher, editor and lawyer, served as Secretary of State from 1868-1873. He was also a member of the constitutional...

  • lat34

Fire Station No. 16 /Atlanta's First African-American Male ~ Female Firefighters

(side 1) During the civil rights movement, members of the African-American community pressured the Mayor and City Council of Atlanta to integrate the city's fire department. In 1962, Mayor Ivan...

(side 1) During the civil rights movement, members of the African-American community pressured the Mayor and City Council of Atlanta to integrate the city's fire department. In 1962, Mayor Ivan...

  • lat34

Tiger Flowers

Theodore “Tiger” Flowers was the first African-American boxer to win the world middleweight championship in 1926. Born in Camilla, Georgia in 1895. Flowers moved to Atlanta in 1920 when he began...

Theodore “Tiger” Flowers was the first African- American boxer to win the world middleweight championship in 1926. Born in Camilla, Georgia in 1895. Flowers moved to Atlanta in 1920 when he began...

  • lat34

Willis Pentecost Menefee - 1814 – June 24, 1855

Willis Pentecost Menefee Father of the Town — 1814 – June 24, 1855 — Buried here are Willis P. Menefee and his mother Nancy Collier Menefee (Feb. 6, 1771 – Dec. 2, 1852). Major Menefee donated his...

Willis Pentecost Menefee Father of the Town — 1814 – June 24, 1855 — Buried here are Willis P. Menefee and his mother Nancy Collier Menefee (Feb. 6, 1771 – Dec. 2, 1852). Major Menefee donated...

  • lat34

Ramah Baptist Church

The first Baptist Church established in Campbell County in 1828, it became the mother church for many Western and Fairburn Baptist Association churches. James Rainwater (1795 - 1871) was the first...

The first Baptist Church established in Campbell County in 1828, it became the mother church for many Western and Fairburn Baptist Association churches. James Rainwater (1795 - 1871) was the first...

  • lat34

Alpharetta Hotel Site

The property was the original location of the Alpharetta Hotel built by Bob Webb in 1908. The hotel was torn down in the 1970’s. It once housed a Boarding House for single school teachers which...

The property was the original location of the Alpharetta Hotel built by Bob Webb in 1908. The hotel was torn down in the 1970’s. It once housed a Boarding House for single school teachers...

  • lat34

Original Gas Street Light

1964 This is one of the original gas street lights of the town of West End. Presented to the West End Business Men’s Association by the family of Jesse M. Manry and placed on the grounds of the...

1964 This is one of the original gas street lights of the town of West End. Presented to the West End Business Men’s Association by the family of Jesse M. Manry and placed on the grounds of the...

  • lat34

Wesley Chapel / Confederate Commissary / First Methodist Church

Wesley Chapel Established here in 1848. Confederate Commissary Department 1863 - 1864. Site of First Methodist Church 1870-1904 Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com. Original page, with additional info,...

Wesley Chapel Established here in 1848. Confederate Commissary Department 1863 - 1864. Site of First Methodist Church 1870-1904 Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com. Original page, with additional info,...

  • lat34