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

First A.M.E. Church of Oakland

    Charles Goodnight, Rancher and Trailblazer

    Born in Illinois, Charles Goodnight (1836-1929) was brought to Milam County, Texas, as a child. He grew up on the frontier, becoming a ranger and Indian scout. During the Civil War, he served as a...

    Born in Illinois, Charles Goodnight (1836-1929) was brought to Milam County, Texas, as a child. He grew up on the frontier, becoming a ranger and Indian scout. During the Civil War, he served as...

    • charles goodnight
    • oliver loving
    • texas
    • cattle drives
    • lonesome dove
    • larry mcmurtry

    Parking Facility No. 2

    PARKING FACILITY No.2 GROUNDBREAKING FEBRUARY 14, 1989 RICHARD DODDERIDGE, CHAIRMAN KANSAS BOARD OF REGENTS GENE A. BUDIG, CHANCELLOR. THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Submitted by @ctsinclair

    PARKING FACILITY No.2 GROUNDBREAKING FEBRUARY 14, 1989 RICHARD DODDERIDGE, CHAIRMAN KANSAS BOARD OF REGENTS GENE A. BUDIG, CHANCELLOR. THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Submitted by @ctsinclair

      Coyote Dentures

        1796 Nathan Beman Homestead

        1796 Nathan Beman Homestead On this site Constructed a log cabin Remains of foundation and chimney are seen. Chateaugay Historical Soc.Submitted by Alan R. Reno

        1796 Nathan Beman Homestead On this site Constructed a log cabin Remains of foundation and chimney are seen. Chateaugay Historical Soc.Submitted by Alan R. Reno

        • beman
        • 1796 alan r reno
        • chateaugay ny.
        • settlers
        • log cabin

        The Great Star Fleet

          Hyde Street Pier Was Part of Highway 101

            Scow Schooner Alma

              Hicks Engine

                West Coast Wooden Shipbuilding

                  Steam Tug Hercules

                    Workin' on the Railroad

                      Towing in the Open Ocean

                        Convict Lake Tragedy, 1990

                        On February 19, 1990, a tragedy occurred at this site. Three boys from a local youth camp fell through the ice. Two counselors, David Myers and Randy porter, U.S. Forest Service employee Clay...

                        On February 19, 1990, a tragedy occurred at this site. Three boys from a local youth camp fell through the ice. Two counselors, David Myers and Randy porter, U.S. Forest Service employee...

                        • eastern sierra
                        • sierra nevada
                        • convict lake
                        • drownings

                        McGee Mountain Rope Tow

                        McGee Mountain Rope Tow   The first permanent rope tow in the Eastern Sierra was built west of this site on the east slope of the McGee Mountain. This predecessor of Mammoth Mountain ski area was...

                        McGee Mountain Rope Tow   The first permanent rope tow in the Eastern Sierra was built west of this site on the east slope of the McGee Mountain. This predecessor of Mammoth Mountain ski area...

                        • california
                        • eastern sierra
                        • dave mccoy
                        • mammoth mountain
                        • dave mccoy
                        • ecv

                        Parihaka Memorial 1848

                        "This plaque was originally planned to extravagantly praise Dunedin, but now I want to remember the Maori passive resisters, abducted from Parihaka, shipped to Dunedin, held without trial,...

                        "This plaque was originally planned to extravagantly praise Dunedin, but now I want to remember the Maori passive resisters, abducted from Parihaka, shipped to Dunedin, held without trial,...

                        • parihaka
                        • passive resistance
                        • colonisation
                        • maori
                        • new zealand
                        • dunedin
                        • public works
                        • prisoners
                        • heritage new...
                        • shistoric pl...

                        Independence, California: Mary Austin's House

                            "But if ever you come beyond the borders as far as the town that lies in a hill dimple at the foot of Kearsarge, never leave it until you have knocked at the door of the brown house under the...

                            "But if ever you come beyond the borders as far as the town that lies in a hill dimple at the foot of Kearsarge, never leave it until you have knocked at the door of the brown house under...

                        • mary austin
                        • california writers
                        • inyo county
                        • independence
                        • eastern sierra
                        • california
                        • owens valley

                        Engine #18, Carson & Colorado Railroad

                          An oil burning steam locomotive, built by Baldwin in 1911, was purchased by the Southern Pacific R.R. in 1928 to haul passengers and freight along the 300 mile narrow gauge line, known locally...

                          An oil burning steam locomotive, built by Baldwin in 1911, was purchased by the Southern Pacific R.R. in 1928 to haul passengers and freight along the 300 mile narrow gauge line, known locally...

                        • owens valley
                        • independence
                        • inyo county
                        • eastern sierra
                        • california
                        • railroads

                        Edmund Schulman Memorial Grove

                        Edmund Schulman Professor of Dendrochronology   A pioneer of modern tree-ring dating, Dr. Schulman conducted research on bristlecone pines here in the White Mountains for many years, eventually...

                        Edmund Schulman Professor of Dendrochronology   A pioneer of modern tree-ring dating, Dr. Schulman conducted research on bristlecone pines here in the White Mountains for many years,...

                        • bristlecone pines
                        • white mountains
                        • inyo county
                        • california

                        Blue Star Memorial Highway-Manzanar

                          These Blue Star Memorial Highway signs seem ubiquitous and may not typically qualify as plaques. I'd argue that this particular one does. It's just outside Manzanar, the site of the World War II...

                          These Blue Star Memorial Highway signs seem ubiquitous and may not typically qualify as plaques. I'd argue that this particular one does. It's just outside Manzanar, the site of the World War II...

                        • manzanar
                        • world war ii
                        • internment
                        • owens valley
                        • eastern sierra
                        • inyo county
                        • california. u.s. 395
                        • blue star me...