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

This Clock Was Presented

Here is a list of people who paid for this plaque. Sometimes when you #alwaysreadtheplaque it just doesn't pay off.  Submitted by TimSDobbs

Here is a list of people who paid for this plaque. Sometimes when you #alwaysreadtheplaque it just doesn't pay off.  Submitted by TimSDobbs

  • clock
  • just names
  • san francisco
  • california
  • bay area
  • south san francisco

Governor Alex J. Groesbeck

Governor Alex J. Groesbeck   Son of a pioneer Dutch-French family, Groesbeck was born in Warren Township near the corner of Mound and Twelve Mile Roads in 1872.  His father’s election as sheriff...

Governor Alex J. Groesbeck   Son of a pioneer Dutch-French family, Groesbeck was born in Warren Township near the corner of Mound and Twelve Mile Roads in 1872.  His father’s election as...

    GM Technical Center

    General Motors Technical Center   An American icon of modern architecture, the General Motors (GM) Technical Center stands as a model corporate research and development park.  Thirty-one buildings...

    General Motors Technical Center   An American icon of modern architecture, the General Motors (GM) Technical Center stands as a model corporate research and development park.  Thirty-one buildings...

      Strybing Arboretum

      Submitted by @blobree

      Submitted by @blobree

      • san francisco
      • bay area
      • california
      • bay
      • golden gate park

      Simeon T. Toby

      THIS TABLET IS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF  SIMEON T. TOBY  "THE FATHER OF COLUMBIAN WAY"  A GOOD NAME IS RATHER TO BE CHOSEN THAN GREAT RICHES, AND LOVING FAVOR RATHER THAN SILVER AND GOLD

      THIS TABLET IS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF  SIMEON T. TOBY  "THE FATHER OF COLUMBIAN WAY"  A GOOD NAME IS RATHER TO BE CHOSEN THAN GREAT RICHES, AND LOVING FAVOR RATHER THAN SILVER AND GOLD

      • seattle
      • columbian way
      • silver and gold

      The Lita Vietor View

        Submitted by crystalschimpf

        Submitted by crystalschimpf

      • san francisco
      • bay area
      • california
      • shoreline
      • golden gate bridge
      • vietor

      Rocket Tree

      • rocket tree
      • moon tree
      • sculpture
      • art
      • bruce conkle
      • rocket
      • apollo 14
      • roosa
      • space tree

      Indigenous Australian Midden

      'Within this area are the remains of many meals of shellfish eaten by aboriginal people. These remains are known as middens. They contain shells of edible size animal bones, artifacts and charcoal...

      'Within this area are the remains of many meals of shellfish eaten by aboriginal people. These remains are known as middens. They contain shells of edible size animal bones, artifacts and charcoal...

      • australia
      • new south wales
      • aboriginal
      • indigenous
      • midden

      Burke And Wills Explorers

      This just goes to show that no matter how bad you fail there's still a chance of getting a statue.  It's worth having a look at the website just to see the rediculous stuff they took with them....

      This just goes to show that no matter how bad you fail there's still a chance of getting a statue.  It's worth having a look at the website just to see the rediculous stuff they took with...

      • explorer
      • australia
      • melbourne

      King Bhumibol Square

      Flowers for King Bhumibol in Cambridge MA where he was born. His father was a medical student at #Harvard. Submitted by bsubram

      Flowers for King Bhumibol in Cambridge MA where he was born. His father was a medical student at #Harvard. Submitted by bsubram

      • cambridge
      • massachusetts
      • thailand

      Democracy Tree

      At the base of a strudy trunk on Washington, DC's tree-lined New Hampshire Ave, a small plaque sits unobtrusively among scrub and mulch. The plaque is small, you'd miss it if you weren't looking....

      At the base of a strudy trunk on Washington, DC's tree-lined New Hampshire Ave, a small plaque sits unobtrusively among scrub and mulch. The plaque is small, you'd miss it if you weren't looking....

        The Kicking Horse River

        January 1989 - The Canadian Heritage River System THE KICKING HORSE RIVER Named for an incident in which James Hector of the Palliser Expedition (1857 - 60) was kicked by his horse, the Kicking...

        January 1989 - The Canadian Heritage River System THE KICKING HORSE RIVER Named for an incident in which James Hector of the Palliser Expedition (1857 - 60) was kicked by his horse, the...

        • kicking horse river
        • exploration
        • canada
        • explorers
        • palliser expedition
        • 1800s
        • rivers
        • canadian her...

        Extinguishing All Life from the Idaho Border to the Pacific

        • flood
        • oregon
        • columbia
        • idaho
        • ice dams

        Catoctin Mountain Geology

        Submitted by donjo

        Submitted by donjo

        • 25000 feet high
        • catocin
        • maryland
        • metmorphic
        • geology

        Elizabeth Avery Meriwether1824-1917

        Born in Bolivar, Elizabeth Meriwether spent much of her life in Memphis. A noted author, her more famous works include The Master of Red Leaf, Black and White, and Recollections of 92 Years. Mrs....

        Born in Bolivar, Elizabeth Meriwether spent much of her life in Memphis. A noted author, her more famous works include The Master of Red Leaf, Black and White, and Recollections of 92 Years....

        • shelby county
        • tennessee

        In Remembrance

          Submitted by mywolfson

          Submitted by mywolfson

        • airplane
        • clipper
        • martin
        • wwii

        1869 Aviator

        Submitted by mywolfson

        Submitted by mywolfson

        • hydrogen balloon
        • one mile flight
        • steam engine

        Plant Plaza

        PLANT PLAZA  DEDICATED TO THE PIONEER PLANT FAMILY SETTLERS IN DAVIS IN 1868 ON WHOSE ORIGINAL PROPERTY THESE BUILDINGS STAND  FORREST A. PLANT  LOIS PLANT BECKETT  JUNE PLANT DOLCINI  MARION B....

        PLANT PLAZA  DEDICATED TO THE PIONEER PLANT FAMILY SETTLERS IN DAVIS IN 1868 ON WHOSE ORIGINAL PROPERTY THESE BUILDINGS STAND  FORREST A. PLANT  LOIS PLANT BECKETT  JUNE PLANT DOLCINI  MARION...

        • davis
        • plant
        • pioneers
        • california
        • each of whom

        Historic City Hall

        Historic City Hall Built in 1938, this Spanish Colo-nial Revival building originally housed Davis City Hall and the Fire Dept. Later home to the Police Dept . Converted into a restaurant in 2005,...

        Historic City Hall Built in 1938, this Spanish Colo-nial Revival building originally housed Davis City Hall and the Fire Dept. Later home to the Police Dept . Converted into a restaurant in 2005,...

        • davis
        • historic
        • city hall

        Metropolitan Stadium Home Plate

        Metropolitan Stadium Home Plate 1961-1981 Plaque is now on the floor of the Mall of America.

        Metropolitan Stadium Home Plate 1961-1981 Plaque is now on the floor of the Mall of America.

        • baseball
        • minnesota
        • minneapolis
        • mall of america