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

Children's Sculpture Garden

    Fayetteville Arsenal Marker

    From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Gerry Dincher, full page.License is Attribution-ShareAlike License

    From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Gerry Dincher, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License

      Hotel De Ville

      • 1778

      Berkeley Rotary Peace Grove

        Elena Oberg Moreno

          Terceros Franciscanos

            Pbro. Pedro Velazquez

              En El Gruta Comio El Sr General Diaz

                Bear Flag Raised June 14, 1846

                  The End of the Mission Trail 1523-1823

                    Fire Chief Raymond Pigoni

                      Benicia Promenade

                        Dedicated to the Memory of the Pony Express Riders

                          The Grand Army of Liberty

                          To those citizens of the United States who at the call of humanity laid aside their vocations to become soldiers in the Grand Army of Liberty. This memorial is dedicated 1918

                          To those citizens of the United States who at the call of humanity laid aside their vocations to become soldiers in the Grand Army of Liberty. This memorial is dedicated 1918

                            Pause Traveler and Be Grateful to Norton 1st

                            From Robert Anton Wilson (more here)

                            From Robert Anton Wilson (more here)

                              Little Bay de Noc

                              The Noquet (or Noc) Indians, who once lived along these shores, gave this bay its name. Here at Sand Point, in 1844, Douglass Houghton came with his party of government surveyors to chart the land...

                              The Noquet (or Noc) Indians, who once lived along these shores, gave this bay its name. Here at Sand Point, in 1844, Douglass Houghton came with his party of government surveyors to chart the land...

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                              Orsel McGhee House

                              In 1944 the Orsel McGhees, a black family, moved here into what was then an all-white neighborhood. A neighboring family won a court order revoking the McGhees’ purchase of the house on the basis...

                              In 1944 the Orsel McGhees, a black family, moved here into what was then an all-white neighborhood. A neighboring family won a court order revoking the McGhees’ purchase of the house on the basis...

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                              Masters of Navigation

                              Chinese Explore the World in Junks

                              Chinese Explore the World in Junks

                              • zheng he
                              • 1405
                              • treasure fleet

                              DuPage County Pioneer Park

                                Andrews University

                                This, the oldest Seventh-day Adventist college and the pioneer in a world-wide system of Christian education, was chartered in 1874 at Battle Creek as Battle Creek College. It was moved to Berrien...

                                This, the oldest Seventh-day Adventist college and the pioneer in a world-wide system of Christian education, was chartered in 1874 at Battle Creek as Battle Creek College. It was moved to...

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