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

William Trent House Museum

This HOUSE Built in 1719 by WILLIAM TRENT Chief Justice of New Jersey 1723-1724 FROM WHOM TRENTON DERIVED ITS NAME WAS HIS HOME UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1724 Other owners or occupants of the House were...

This HOUSE Built in 1719 by WILLIAM TRENT Chief Justice of New Jersey 1723-1724 FROM WHOM TRENTON DERIVED ITS NAME WAS HIS HOME UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1724 Other owners or occupants of the House...

  • colonial
  • trenton
  • new jersey
  • historic
  • house
  • 1954
  • 1719

Westerfeld House

    Blue Star Highway Mendo-Lake District

      Norine M. Smith

        Parrish Pioneer Cemetery

        PARRISH PIONEER CEMETERY FAMILY MEMBERS OF DAVID AND SARAH PARRISH IN RESIDENCE 1893-1924

        PARRISH PIONEER CEMETERY FAMILY MEMBERS OF DAVID AND SARAH PARRISH IN RESIDENCE 1893-1924

          Glacier Public Service Center

            Kyle William Hayes

            IN LOVING MEMORY OF KYLE WILLIAM HAYES 2/24/2000 1/25/2021 A SHINING STAR FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS

            IN LOVING MEMORY OF KYLE WILLIAM HAYES 2/24/2000 1/25/2021 A SHINING STAR FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS

              Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden

              THIS PLAZA IS DEDICATED TO THE FRENDS OF THE GARDEN WHO PROVIDED THE FINANCIAL BACKING AND MUCH OF THE LABOR FOR ITS CONSTRUCTION THIS, ONE OF THE MANY PROJECTS COMPLETED BY THE FRIENDS, EXHIBITS...

              THIS PLAZA IS DEDICATED TO THE FRENDS OF THE GARDEN WHO PROVIDED THE FINANCIAL BACKING AND MUCH OF THE LABOR FOR ITS CONSTRUCTION THIS, ONE OF THE MANY PROJECTS COMPLETED BY THE FRIENDS,...

                Historical Site of the first brick school house in Los Angeles

                HISTORICAL SITE THIS BLOCK IS THE SITE OFTHE FIRST BRICK SCHOOL HOUSE IN LOS ANGELES KNOWN AS SCHOOL NO. 1, BUILT 1854-1855BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND MAIL COMPANY OFFICE AND CORRAL 1858-1861OFFICE OF U....

                HISTORICAL SITE THIS BLOCK IS THE SITE OFTHE FIRST BRICK SCHOOL HOUSE IN LOS ANGELES KNOWN AS SCHOOL NO. 1, BUILT 1854-1855BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND MAIL COMPANY OFFICE AND CORRAL 1858-1861OFFICE OF U....

                  Lois Blonder Sculpture Garden

                  LOIS BLONDER SCULPTURE GARDEN Lois Blonder was an artist and alumna of Monmouth University. This garden reflects her artistic wit, eclectic interests, and her lifelong passion to bring visual...

                  LOIS BLONDER SCULPTURE GARDEN Lois Blonder was an artist and alumna of Monmouth University. This garden reflects her artistic wit, eclectic interests, and her lifelong passion to bring visual...

                  • art
                  • monmouth
                  • university
                  • sculpture garden
                  • garden

                  The closed stone (de gesloten steen)

                  This plaque explains the stone on the corner of the street, which is chained to the building. The stone was placed to protect the building from being damaged by passing carriages. Legend has it...

                  This plaque explains the stone on the corner of the street, which is chained to the building. The stone was placed to protect the building from being damaged by passing carriages. Legend has...

                  • middle-ages
                  • building
                  • protective rock

                  Spinoza birthplace

                  This plaque idicates the spot where the philosopher Bendedictus de Spinoza was born in 1632. His most important work was Ethica (Ethics). His ideas of freedom of speach, tolerance and democracy...

                  This plaque idicates the spot where the philosopher Bendedictus de Spinoza was born in 1632. His most important work was Ethica (Ethics). His ideas of freedom of speach, tolerance and democracy...

                  • pliosopher
                  • amsterdam
                  • birthplace

                  Lincoln Highway monument

                  "WE MUST THINK ANEWAND ACT ANEW"ABRAHAM LINCOLN1809-1865THIS MONUMENT COMMEMORATES THESESQUICENTENNIAL OF LINCOLN'S BIRTHBY THE STATE OF WYOMING IN 1959.WYOMING STATE PARKS COMMISSIONJACK F....

                  "WE MUST THINK ANEWAND ACT ANEW"ABRAHAM LINCOLN1809-1865THIS MONUMENT COMMEMORATES THESESQUICENTENNIAL OF LINCOLN'S BIRTHBY THE STATE OF WYOMING IN 1959.WYOMING STATE PARKS COMMISSIONJACK F....

                  • lincoln highway
                  • laramie
                  • cheyenne
                  • wyoming
                  • i-80
                  • interstate 80
                  • travel

                  Lincoln Highway memorial

                  "THAT THERE SHOULD BE ALINCOLN HIGHWAY ACROSS THISCOUNTRY IS THE IMPORTANT THING."IN MEMORY OF HENRY B. JOY THEFIRST PRESIDENT OF THELINCOLN HIGHWAYASSOCIATION WHOSAW REALIZED THEDREAM OF A...

                  "THAT THERE SHOULD BE ALINCOLN HIGHWAY ACROSS THISCOUNTRY IS THE IMPORTANT THING."IN MEMORY OF HENRY B. JOY THEFIRST PRESIDENT OF THELINCOLN HIGHWAYASSOCIATION WHOSAW REALIZED THEDREAM OF...

                  • lincoln highway
                  • laramie
                  • cheyenne
                  • wyoming
                  • interstate 80
                  • i-80
                  • travel
                  • abraham lincoln

                  North Park area of Colorado

                  IN HONOR OF THOSE STURDY PIONEERMEN AND WOMENTHAT BUILTTHIS NORTH PARK COUNTRY(the plaque is in a geographical area named "North Park" in front of the Jackson County courthouse in the town of...

                  IN HONOR OF THOSE STURDY PIONEERMEN AND WOMENTHAT BUILTTHIS NORTH PARK COUNTRY(the plaque is in a geographical area named "North Park" in front of the Jackson County courthouse in the town...

                  • colorado
                  • walden
                  • courthouse

                  Woody Guthrie Square Plaque

                  Woodrow Wilson (Woody) Guthrie (1912-1967) composer of "This Land is your Land," arrived in Los Angeles in 1937 along with thousands of other migrant workers and families from the "Dust Bowl"...

                  Woodrow Wilson (Woody) Guthrie (1912-1967) composer of "This Land is your Land," arrived in Los Angeles in 1937 along with thousands of other migrant workers and families from the "Dust...

                    Explosion In A Coal Mine

                    In the year 1936 January 20th at 6:20 a.m. an explosion occurred at the Monarch No. 2 Coal MineEight men perished in the explosion.The bodies of the following seven menwere recovered: Ray...

                    In the year 1936 January 20th at 6:20 a.m. an explosion occurred at the Monarch No. 2 Coal MineEight men perished in the explosion.The bodies of the following seven menwere...

                    • coal mine
                    • superior
                    • broomfield
                    • louisville
                    • colorado
                    • disaster
                    • mining
                    • tombstone

                    The Erath Sugar Company

                    Donated byThe Erath Sugar Co.Erath Sugar Refinery was built in the year 1910.In the year 1914 the Earth Sugar Company, LTD.acquired this bell from the Rose Hill refineryand was used to summon...

                    Donated byThe Erath Sugar Co.Erath Sugar Refinery was built in the year 1910.In the year 1914 the Earth Sugar Company, LTD.acquired this bell from the Rose Hill refineryand was used to...

                    • louisiana
                    • plantation bell
                    • sugar mill

                    Vernon Baptist Association

                    At the 24th annual session of the Sabine Association, Oct. 16, 1871, delegates from the First District petitioned for Letters of Dismission for the purpose of forming the Vernon Baptist...

                    At the 24th annual session of the Sabine Association, Oct. 16, 1871, delegates from the First District petitioned for Letters of Dismission for the purpose of forming the Vernon Baptist...

                    • louisiana
                    • church
                    • religion

                    Camp Claiborne (Birthplace of the 761st Tank Battalion )

                    The 761st, a mostly black tank battalion, was activated at Camp Claiborne, LA on April 1, 1942. While at Camp Claiborne, the 761st trained on M5 Stuart light tanks. After reassignment to Fort...

                    The 761st, a mostly black tank battalion, was activated at Camp Claiborne, LA on April 1, 1942. While at Camp Claiborne, the 761st trained on M5 Stuart light tanks. After reassignment to...

                    • louisiana
                    • wwii
                    • world war ii