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

Ernest Christopher Dowson, Edward Owen Greening

Submitted by @running_past

Submitted by @running_past

    Hannah Snell 1723 - 1792

    HANNAH SNELL 1723-1792 Born Here on 23 April 1723 Britain's Famous Female Soldier Sponsored by Ladies Crown Probus Worcester Submitted by @David_F_Taylor.

    HANNAH SNELL 1723-1792 Born Here on 23 April 1723 Britain's Famous Female Soldier Sponsored by Ladies Crown Probus Worcester Submitted by @David_F_Taylor.

      Vining: Small Town, Big Talent

      Submitted by @thepracticalpen.

      Submitted by @thepracticalpen.

        Pony Express, Marysville Kansas

        Submitted by @prchovanec.

        Submitted by @prchovanec.

        • pony express

        Calloway County

        Submitted by @HerbertHistory.

        Submitted by @HerbertHistory.

          Dedicated to M. R Atkinson Not Dead, Just Likes Plaques

          • not dead
          • just likes plaques

          Pine to Palm Highway

          Submitted by @brent_bellamy See here for the southern end of this highway.

          Submitted by @brent_bellamy See here for the southern end of this highway.

            Pine to Palm Highway, New Orleans

            See here for the northern end of this highway. Submitted by @brent_bellamy

            See here for the northern end of this highway. Submitted by @brent_bellamy

              Carted and Mounted on this Wagon

              THIS LOG WAS CARTED AND MOUNTED ON THIS WAGON BY WALTER MARWEN BROOKS AND HIS MATES ON SEPTEMBER 4 1968 HE DIED AS THE RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT 1930-1968 Submitted by @priyabgandhi

              THIS LOG WAS CARTED AND MOUNTED ON THIS WAGON BY WALTER MARWEN BROOKS AND HIS MATES ON SEPTEMBER 4 1968 HE DIED AS THE RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT 1930-1968 Submitted by @priyabgandhi

                Honorable Phra Ajarn Sombar Yanavarn

                Founder of Buddhist Temple of Chino Hills Submitted by @Ritterton

                Founder of Buddhist Temple of Chino Hills Submitted by @Ritterton

                  BIRTHPLACE OF MODERN ELECTRICITY

                  NEW YORK BIRTHPLACE OF MODERN ELECTRICITY HERE DISCOVERING MAGNETIC INDUCTION, JOSEPH HENRY PIONEERED THE TELEGRAPH AND ELECTRIC MOTOR, 1829-31

                  NEW YORK BIRTHPLACE OF MODERN ELECTRICITY HERE DISCOVERING MAGNETIC INDUCTION, JOSEPH HENRY PIONEERED THE TELEGRAPH AND ELECTRIC MOTOR, 1829-31

                    John Herbert Chapman

                    JOHN HERBERT CHAPMAN John Herbert Chapman (1921-1979) was born in London and educated at The University of Western Ontario, receiving a BSc (Honors) degree in 1948. After completing a PhD in...

                    JOHN HERBERT CHAPMAN John Herbert Chapman (1921-1979) was born in London and educated at The University of Western Ontario, receiving a BSc (Honors) degree in 1948. After completing a PhD...

                      The Black Snake Affair

                      THE BLACK SNAKE AFFAIR In 1808. the Federal goverament. reacting to unfair British policies, passed an Embargo Act. forbidding trade with Great Britain. The Champlain Valley relied on trade with...

                      THE BLACK SNAKE AFFAIR In 1808. the Federal goverament. reacting to unfair British policies, passed an Embargo Act. forbidding trade with Great Britain. The Champlain Valley relied on trade...

                        EarthScope Plate Boundary Observation Station

                        Submitted by @zxqwd

                        Submitted by @zxqwd

                          Captain Jock Porteous

                          At this place on the night of September 7th 1736 Cpt. Jock Porteous of the Edinburgh City Guard was brutally lynched from a dyers pole by an Edinburgh Mob Erected by the Porteous Associates 7th...

                          At this place on the night of September 7th 1736 Cpt. Jock Porteous of the Edinburgh City Guard was brutally lynched from a dyers pole by an Edinburgh Mob Erected by the Porteous Associates...