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

Eureka Courthouse

The Eureka County Courthouse, designed by George Costerisa, cost about $38,000 to construct. Built in 1879-80 of locally-fired brick and of sandstone quarried nearby, the Italian style...

  • nevada
  • eureka
  • courthouses
  • george costerisan

The Tengu Club

DEDICATED TO THE TENGU CLUB THE TENGU CLUB OF SEATTLE, FORMED IN THE 1930S BY JAPANESE AMERICANS HELD ITS FIRST TENGU BLACKMOUTH SALMON FUN DERBY IN 1946. ARGUABLY THE LONGEST CONTINUALLY...

    Washington Bridge

    STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS WASHINGTON BRIDGES   THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PREVIOUS...

    • rhode island
    • providence
    • george washington
    • bridge
    • labor
    • 1928
    • 1929
    • 1968

    Washington Bridge (SE)

    STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS WASHINGTON BRIDGE THIS BRIDGE OPENED FOR TRAFFIC IN 1930 AND KNOWN AS THE WASHINGTON BRIDGE OCCUPIES THE SITE OF A BRIDGE FIRST OPENED TO TRAFFIC...

    • rhode island
    • providence
    • john brown
    • bridge
    • 1793

    Turks Head Building

    TURKS HEAD BUILDING   ARCHITECTS   HOWELLS & STOKES   1913   PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED BY ACROPOLIS MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC   www.amsnewengland.comSubmitted by @lampbane

    • rhode island
    • providence
    • building
    • 1913

    The Arcade

    THE ARCADE HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A   NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AN IMPORTANT EXAMPLE OF BARLY...

    • rhode island
    • providence
    • landmark
    • arcade
    • nps
    • national his...
    • 1976

    John E. Fogarty Federal Building

    John E. Fogarty Federal Building Originally the U.S. Custom House Constructed 1888   Ammi B. Young, Architect   Entered on the National Register of Historic Places, April 18, 1972. This property...

    • rhode island
    • providence
    • john fogerty
    • 1856
    • amml young
    • 1972
    • gerald ford
    • arthur sampson

    Easter Rising

    EASTER RISING   This plaque commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of Ireland's Easter Rising. During that armed insurrection in Dublin and other parts the country, against British colonial...

    • rhode island
    • providence
    • ireland
    • easter rising
    • 1916
    • 1922
    • 2016

    Bruyer Church

    August Bruyer, his wife, Josephine (Simon) and their sons, John and Julius, were born in France, coming to America about the middle of the nineteenth century. By 1858, they had settled in Fairview...

    • vermillion
    • south dakota
    • churches

    Menan Buttes

    Two cones of glassy lava are located directly south of here. The largest rises 800 feet above the surrounding plain.Hot molten lava, erupting from great depth, met cold surface water in the wet...

    • idaho. geolo...
    • menon buttes
    • volcanoes
    • volcanism