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

Birthplace of Baseball

Submitted by Bob Paske.

Submitted by Bob Paske.

  • hoboken
  • baseball
  • elysian fields
  • knickerbockers
  • new yorks

Fort Michilimackinac

  Submitted by Debby Drake.

  Submitted by Debby Drake.

  • michilimackinac
  • michigan
  • frranc
  • 1715
  • ojibwa
  • british
  • 1761 pontiac
  • 1764
  • 1779
  • mackinac

Fort Brady

  Submitted by Debby Drake.

  Submitted by Debby Drake.

  • brady
  • sault ste marie
  • cass
  • 1820
  • french
  • indians
  • sheridan

Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse

  Submitted by Debby Drake.

  Submitted by Debby Drake.

  • mackinac
  • michigan
  • lighthouse

Michilimackinac State Park

  Submitted by Debby Drake.

  Submitted by Debby Drake.

  • michigan

Michigan's First Jewish Settler

More info <a href="http://detroit1701.org/First%20Jewish%20Settler.html">here</a>.   Submitted by Debby Drake.

More info <a href="http://detroit1701.org/First%20 Jewish%20Settler.html">here</a>.   Submitted by Debby Drake.

  • michigan
  • jewish

Ancien Hôtel du Cheval-Blanc

An old famous hotel in downtown Angers built in the 15th century that was transformed into apartments during the mid 20th century.  Translation of plaque: Former Hotel du Cheval-Blanc (White-Horse...

An old famous hotel in downtown Angers built in the 15th century that was transformed into apartments during the mid 20th century.  Translation of plaque: Former Hotel du Cheval- Blanc...

  • france
  • angers
  • hotel
  • camus
  • henry james
  • eça de queiroz
  • garros
  • buffon
  • curnonsky

Clarence W. Wigington Pavilion

Submitted by @robblerouser .

Submitted by @robblerouser .

  • minnesota
  • architect
  • black
  • harriet island

James Larkin

THE GREAT APPEAR GREAT BECAUSE WE ARE ON OUR KNEES: LET US RISE Submitted by Craig Adrew Batty

THE GREAT APPEAR GREAT BECAUSE WE ARE ON OUR KNEES: LET US RISE Submitted by Craig Adrew Batty

  • dublin
  • ireland

W. K. Kellogg House

  • kellogg
  • hickory corners
  • michigan
  • corn flakes
  • gull lake

The Seizure of The Planter

THE SEIZURE OFTHE PLANTEREarly on May 13, 1862.Robert Smalls, an enslavedharbor pilot aboard thePlanter, seized the 149-ft.Confederate transport froma wharf just east of here.He and six enslaved...

THE SEIZURE OFTHE PLANTEREarly on May 13, 1862.Robert Smalls, an enslavedharbor pilot aboard thePlanter, seized the 149-ft.Confederate transport froma wharf just east of here.He and six enslaved...

  • planter
  • memory palace
  • smalls

Morgan Smiley Baldwin

  This Stairway is erected in memory of Morgan Smiley Baldwin Cornell 1915 Who lies where he fell at Boni-France September 29th 1918 Submitted by ‏@CGOMalley 

  This Stairway is erected in memory of Morgan Smiley Baldwin Cornell 1915 Who lies where he fell at Boni-France September 29th 1918 Submitted by ‏@CGOMalley 

  • ithaca
  • new york
  • wwi
  • cornell

Pirates on Lake Champlain

  Submitted by ‏@CGOMalley 

  Submitted by ‏@CGOMalley 

    John Howard Payne

    TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN-HOWARD-PAYNE -- THE AUTHOR OF HOME SWEET HOME  A STUDENT * AT * UNION COLLEGE * IN *THE CLASS OF 1810 -- THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THE ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF UNION COLLEGE *...

    TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN-HOWARD-PAYNE -- THE AUTHOR OF HOME SWEET HOME  A STUDENT * AT * UNION COLLEGE * IN *THE CLASS OF 1810 -- THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THE ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF UNION COLLEGE *...

    • union college
    • schenectady
    • ny
    • payne
    • poet
    • home

    Grindstone City Pioneers

    An interesting history of Grindstone City here. Submitted by Debby Drake.

    An interesting history of Grindstone City here. Submitted by Debby Drake.

    • michigan
    • grindstone
    • pioneers
    • 1835
    • 1938

    This Tree Planted in Memory of George Washington

    Submitted by William Dahlberg

    Submitted by William Dahlberg

    • washington
    • alabama
    • birmingham

    Bristol Basin

    BRISTOL BASIN BENEATH THIS EAST RIVER DRIVE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK LIE STONES, BRICKS AND RUBBLE FROM THE BOMBED CITY OF BRISTOL IN ENGLAND... BROUGHT HERE IN BALLAST FROM OVERSEAS,...

    BRISTOL BASIN BENEATH THIS EAST RIVER DRIVE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK LIE STONES, BRICKS AND RUBBLE FROM THE BOMBED CITY OF BRISTOL IN ENGLAND... BROUGHT HERE IN BALLAST FROM...

    • new york
    • bristol
    • wwii
    • oaken-hearted
    • england

    Lighthouse at Cape Point

    DESIGNED SPECIFIED AND DIRECTED BY ALEXANDER GORDON CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THE BOARD OF TRADE IRON TOWER BY VICTORIA FOUNDRYGREENWICHLANTERN & LIGHTS BY DEVILLE & CoLONDON 1857   Submitted by @windupanna.

    DESIGNED SPECIFIED AND DIRECTED BY ALEXANDER GORDON CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THE BOARD OF TRADE IRON TOWER BY VICTORIA FOUNDRYGREENWICHLANTERN & LIGHTS BY DEVILLE & CoLONDON 1857   Submitted by @windupanna.

    • africa
    • south africa
    • lighthouse
    • iron
    • lantern

    W. K. Kellogg

      W. K. KELLOGG 1860 -1951 THE KELLOGG HOUSE BUILT BY W. K. KELLOGG IN 1918 AT 256 WEST VAN BUREN STREET AND USED AS HIS FAMILY HOME UNTIL 1924. THIS HOUSE WAS MOVED TO THIS SITE IN 1990, BY THE...

      W. K. KELLOGG 1860 -1951 THE KELLOGG HOUSE BUILT BY W. K. KELLOGG IN 1918 AT 256 WEST VAN BUREN STREET AND USED AS HIS FAMILY HOME UNTIL 1924. THIS HOUSE WAS MOVED TO THIS SITE IN 1990, BY THE...

    • kellogg
    • battlecreek
    • michigan
    • corn flakes

    This Memorial Grove of Maple Trees

    • albany
    • california
    • bay area
    • wwii