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

Martinez 9 / 11 Memorial

    Martinez - Benicia Ferry

      The Italian Fishermen Who Commercially Fished These Shores

        Yuba City High School A Capella Choir of 1976

          Amtrak Improvement

            SOUTHERN PACIFIC R.R. DEPOT

            SOUTHERN PACIFIC R.R. DEPOT FIRST LOCATED HERE APRIL 28, 1876 BY CENTRAL PACIFIC R.R. FIRST PASSENGER TRAIN PASSED THROUGH ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1877 WITH LELAND STANFORD ABOARD. HISTORIC MARKER NO. VI...

            SOUTHERN PACIFIC R.R. DEPOT FIRST LOCATED HERE APRIL 28, 1876 BY CENTRAL PACIFIC R.R. FIRST PASSENGER TRAIN PASSED THROUGH ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1877 WITH LELAND STANFORD ABOARD. HISTORIC MARKER NO. VI...

              Martinez Troops In Transit Canteen

                Borland Home

                BORLAND HOME THIS VICTORIAN COTTAGE WAS THE HOME or THE ROBERT BORLAND FAMILY. BUILT IN 1890 BY DR JOHN S. MOORE, D.D.S., AND ORIGINALLY USED AS BIS DENTAL OFFICE, THE PROPERTY WAS INHERITED BY...

                BORLAND HOME THIS VICTORIAN COTTAGE WAS THE HOME or THE ROBERT BORLAND FAMILY. BUILT IN 1890 BY DR JOHN S. MOORE, D.D.S., AND ORIGINALLY USED AS BIS DENTAL OFFICE, THE PROPERTY WAS INHERITED BY...

                  MARTINEZ MEMORIAL BUILDING

                  MARTINEZ MEMORIAL BUILDING A MEMORIAL TO THE 76 SERVICEMEN WHO DIED IN WORLD WAR ONE. COMMISSIONED BY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN 1923 ON FORMER S. BLUM BARN PROPERTY. NOW COMMEMORATES THE...

                  MARTINEZ MEMORIAL BUILDING A MEMORIAL TO THE 76 SERVICEMEN WHO DIED IN WORLD WAR ONE. COMMISSIONED BY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN 1923 ON FORMER S. BLUM BARN PROPERTY. NOW COMMEMORATES THE...

                    In Honor of Gaylord and Irene Davis

                      Alice Grau

                      In Recognition of ALICE GRAU (1935 – 2015) Alice Grau was a woman who believed passionately in protecting the environment. In 1992, Alice founded the Kent- Harrison Green Legacy Society to promote...

                      In Recognition of ALICE GRAU (1935 – 2015) Alice Grau was a woman who believed passionately in protecting the environment. In 1992, Alice founded the Kent- Harrison Green Legacy Society to...

                        Golfbak Waterloopbos

                        This is one of a series of plaques situated in the "waterloopbos". This place was used as a big open-air laboratory with (large) scale models to study waves and water movements in harbours...

                        This is one of a series of plaques situated in the "waterloopbos". This place was used as a big open- air laboratory with (large) scale models to study waves and water movements in harbours...

                        • waterloopbos
                        • give back to nature
                        • dutch waterways
                        • inustrial heritage

                        Site of Higgins' Industries at Delgado Trade School

                        On this site between August 1941 and August 1945, the City Park Plant of Higgins Industries, Incorporated mass produced more than 12,000 landing craft and approximately 200 PT boats for the Allied...

                        On this site between August 1941 and August 1945, the City Park Plant of Higgins Industries, Incorporated mass produced more than 12,000 landing craft and approximately 200 PT boats for the Allied...

                        • louisiana
                        • new orleans
                        • world war ii
                        • wwii
                        • higgins boat

                        Saltonstall's Sloops-of-War

                          Camp Anderson

                          CAMP ANDERSON One of three Civil War training camps in La Porte County. Site is one fourth mile west. Named for Colonel Edward Anderson. Used 1863- 1864 to train Indiana Union volunteers of the...

                          CAMP ANDERSON One of three Civil War training camps in La Porte County. Site is one fourth mile west. Named for Colonel Edward Anderson. Used 1863- 1864 to train Indiana Union volunteers of the...

                            Ulysses Simpson Grant

                            ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT A GRANDSON OF NOAH GRANT WHO WAS BORN AT TOLLAND. CONNECTICUT AND SERVED IN THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION. HE WAS A DIRECT DESCENDANT FROM MATTHEW GRANT, ONE OF THE FIRST...

                            ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT A GRANDSON OF NOAH GRANT WHO WAS BORN AT TOLLAND. CONNECTICUT AND SERVED IN THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION. HE WAS A DIRECT DESCENDANT FROM MATTHEW GRANT, ONE OF THE FIRST...

                              BETHESDA FOUNTAIN AND TERRACE

                                Japanese Attack

                                On this day in 1942, at 7:00 PM, during one of President Roosevelt’s Fireside Chats, the Japanese submarine I-17 shelled this Richfield Oil Field site with 25 5-inch rounds. Not since the War of...

                                On this day in 1942, at 7:00 PM, during one of President Roosevelt’s Fireside Chats, the Japanese submarine I-17 shelled this Richfield Oil Field site with 25 5-inch rounds. Not since the War...

                                  Castro Rainbow Flag

                                    Richmond Shipyards Workhorses