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

Backesto Park

    Hobart Savings Bank

    THIS TABLET WAS UNVEILED BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF TASMANIA SIR ERNEST CLARK GCMG.KCB.CBE. TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HOBART SAVINGS BANK BY GEORGE WASHINGTON...

    THIS TABLET WAS UNVEILED BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF TASMANIA SIR ERNEST CLARK GCMG.KCB.CBE. TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HOBART SAVINGS BANK BY GEORGE WASHINGTON...

      Point Bolivar

      Bolivar Point In 1815, Colonel Henry Perry established a military camp here as part of a plan to invade Spanish Texas. In 1816, Galveston-based privateer Lewis-Michelle de Aury forced shiploads of...

      Bolivar Point In 1815, Colonel Henry Perry established a military camp here as part of a plan to invade Spanish Texas. In 1816, Galveston-based privateer Lewis-Michelle de Aury forced shiploads of...

        Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long

        Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long (July 23, 1798 – December 30, 1880) Born in Charles county, Maryland, Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long was a Texas pioneer. She married James Long in 1815, and joined him in...

        Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long (July 23, 1798 – December 30, 1880) Born in Charles county, Maryland, Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long was a Texas pioneer. She married James Long in 1815, and joined him in...

          Fort Travis

          Fort Travis In early 1836, soon after Texas declared independence from Mexico, Republic of Texas president David Burnet dispatch Colonel Ed Harcourt to Galveston Island to erect a fort. Using army...

          Fort Travis In early 1836, soon after Texas declared independence from Mexico, Republic of Texas president David Burnet dispatch Colonel Ed Harcourt to Galveston Island to erect a fort. Using army...

            Flying Toasters

            Flying Toasters 2095 Rose St. On this spot, starting in 1989, the original flying toaster factory operated. Millions of aerial bread-warming ma- chines flew from, this location to comput- ing...

            Flying Toasters 2095 Rose St. On this spot, starting in 1989, the original flying toaster factory operated. Millions of aerial bread-warming ma- chines flew from, this location to comput-...

            • toaster
            • flying toaster
            • after dark
            • screen saver

            Northern Outfall Sewer

            On the side of the bridge over Abbey Creek. The text on the plaque is "Metropolitan Board of Works / Northern Outfall Sewer / Constructed 1862-63 / John Thwaites Esqr Chairman / J W Bazalgette...

            On the side of the bridge over Abbey Creek. The text on the plaque is "Metropolitan Board of Works / Northern Outfall Sewer / Constructed 1862-63 / John Thwaites Esqr Chairman / J W...

            • sewer
            • 1862
            • 1863

            Whose Anchor Was This?

            Submitted by @Ritterton

            Submitted by @Ritterton

              Tavares Strachan, 'Belong/Brooklyn'

              TAVARES STRACHAN Belong/Brooklyn, 2021 You Belong Here White neon, sintra, transformers 44' 2" L x 14' 8" Η Brooklyn is the vibrant center of New York City, a refuge for explorers and immigrants...

              TAVARES STRACHAN Belong/Brooklyn, 2021 You Belong Here White neon, sintra, transformers 44' 2" L x 14' 8" Η Brooklyn is the vibrant center of New York City, a refuge for explorers and...

              • new york
              • brooklyn
              • atlantic center
              • barclays center
              • prospect heights
              • park slope
              • art
              • 2021

              Mission San Xavier Del Bac

                Hiram S. Stevens House

                  Fr. Eusebio Kino

                    Jacob Schneider

                      The Cannery Loop Trail

                        Putah Creek Settlements

                        • davisville
                        • davis
                        • grizzly-covered
                        • hamel

                        Col. Joesph B. Chiles, Jerome C. Davis, Putah Creek Holdings

                        • hamel

                        Werer's Granary Carpenter's Shed, and Blacksmith Shop

                          In Commemoration of the Treaty Between Great Britain and the Russian Empire

                          Submitted by @Ritterton

                          Submitted by @Ritterton

                            Family Library Table

                            FAMILY LIBRARY TABLE 1995 BY ROLANDO BRISEÑO AN ORIGINAL WORK COMMISSIONED BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK PERCENT FOR ART PROGRAM AND THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY RICHARD DATTNER, ARCHITECT Submitted by @lampbane

                            FAMILY LIBRARY TABLE 1995 BY ROLANDO BRISEÑO AN ORIGINAL WORK COMMISSIONED BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK PERCENT FOR ART PROGRAM AND THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY RICHARD DATTNER, ARCHITECT Submitted by @lampbane

                            • new york
                            • brooklyn
                            • art
                            • brooklyn pub...
                            • richard dattner
                            • 1995

                            Stuart Davis

                            STUART DAVIS (1392-1964) ON THIS SITE, THE AMERICAN ARTIST STUART DAVIS MAINTAINED HIS STUDIO AND RESIDENCE FROM 1934 ΤΟ 1954. IT WAS HERE THAT HE PAINTED MANY OF HIS MOST IMPORTANT WORKS...

                            STUART DAVIS (1392-1964) ON THIS SITE, THE AMERICAN ARTIST STUART DAVIS MAINTAINED HIS STUDIO AND RESIDENCE FROM 1934 ΤΟ 1954. IT WAS HERE THAT HE PAINTED MANY OF HIS MOST IMPORTANT...

                            • new york
                            • manhattan
                            • west village
                            • stuart davis
                            • 1934
                            • 1954
                            • 1998