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

Tom Nolan

    D. J. Murphy House

    D. J. MURPHY HOUSE THIS 1891 VICTORIAN STYLE, ITALIANATE HOUSE WAS THE RESIDENCE OF DANIEL J. MURPHY FROM 1891-1921. HE WAS A PROMINENT LIVERMORE BUSINESSMAN AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL. AS AN...

    D. J. MURPHY HOUSE THIS 1891 VICTORIAN STYLE, ITALIANATE HOUSE WAS THE RESIDENCE OF DANIEL J. MURPHY FROM 1891-1921. HE WAS A PROMINENT LIVERMORE BUSINESSMAN AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL. AS AN...

    • roads
    • arroyo sanitarium
    • tuberculosis

    Palm Springs Desert Tramway

    Submitted by @jqmcd

    Submitted by @jqmcd

      Lafayette The Pioneer Settlement

      Submitted by @jqmcd

      Submitted by @jqmcd

        Cohen-Vecki House

        Submitted by @jqmcd

        Submitted by @jqmcd

          Albert Building

          Submitted by @jqmcd

          Submitted by @jqmcd

          • elevator
          • department store
          • ballfield

          May God Continue the Unity of Our Country

          ECV  NILES CALIF.  "MAY GOD CONTINUE THE UNITY OF OUR  COUNTRY AS THIS RAILROAD UNITES THE  TWO GREAT OCEANS OF THE WORLD " THE GOLD SPIKE CEREMONY AT PROMONTORY  UTAH IN MAY OF 1889 UNITED THE ...

          ECV  NILES CALIF.  "MAY GOD CONTINUE THE UNITY OF OUR  COUNTRY AS THIS RAILROAD UNITES THE  TWO GREAT OCEANS OF THE WORLD " THE GOLD SPIKE CEREMONY AT PROMONTORY  UTAH IN MAY OF 1889 UNITED THE ...

          • ecv
          • transcontinental
          • railroad
          • gold spike
          • promontory utah
          • 1869
          • vallejo

          Alamo Grammar School

          Submitted by @jqmcd

          Submitted by @jqmcd

            Essanay Film Studio

            ESSANAY FILM STUDIO  The western branch studio of the Essanay Film  Manufacturing Company stood on this site from 1913  to 1933. It was the first movie studio built for that  purpose in Northern...

            ESSANAY FILM STUDIO  The western branch studio of the Essanay Film  Manufacturing Company stood on this site from 1913  to 1933. It was the first movie studio built for that  purpose in...

              Gropius House

              Submitted by @jqmcd

              Submitted by @jqmcd

              • bauhaus
              • architect

              The Bankers' Building

              Submitted by @jqmcd

              Submitted by @jqmcd

                Site of St. Mary's Catholic Church

                SITE OF  ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH  1940  1884  LAND GIVEN BY THE BOTELHO FAMILY IN 1880  CONSTRUCTION BEGAN 1882  BLESSED BY THE BISHOP 1884  LAST SERVICE MAY 12,1940  WALNUT CREEK HISTORICAL...

                SITE OF  ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH  1940  1884  LAND GIVEN BY THE BOTELHO FAMILY IN 1880  CONSTRUCTION BEGAN 1882  BLESSED BY THE BISHOP 1884  LAST SERVICE MAY 12,1940  WALNUT CREEK HISTORICAL...

                  Sen Lee

                  Sen Lee  1916 1994    Proprietor of the Hong Kong Restaurant of Harvard Square. This plaque  commemorates the more than fifty years during which Sen Lee and the  Lee Family have built the Hong...

                  Sen Lee  1916 1994    Proprietor of the Hong Kong Restaurant of Harvard Square. This plaque  commemorates the more than fifty years during which Sen Lee and the  Lee Family have built the Hong...

                    Lorna Slocombe

                    Submitted by @jqmcd

                    Submitted by @jqmcd

                      The Soldiers and Sailors of Cambridge

                      Submitted by @jqmcd

                      Submitted by @jqmcd

                      • civil war
                      • lincoln
                      • maintenance
                      • 1869

                      Jan Vohrs From Her Book Group

                      • book group

                      Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary

                      Submitted by Ben Becker.

                      Submitted by Ben Becker.

                      • louise ayer hatheway

                      This Building Was Presented to the City of Oakland

                      • chauncey w. gibson
                      • library
                      • oakland

                      Lake Temescal Detention Pond

                      • detention pond

                      The Railroad History of Lake Temescal