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

Battlefield of Malvern Hill

    Richard Register, Green City Visionary

      CHOCOLATE WORKERS' SIT-DOWN STRIKE

      From IG post CHOCOLATE WORKERS' SIT-DOWN STRIKE Hershey's Chocolate Workers Local 1 (CIO) responded to a labor-management impasse on April 2, 1937 by initiating the first sit-down strike in...

      From IG post CHOCOLATE WORKERS' SIT-DOWN STRIKE Hershey's Chocolate Workers Local 1 (CIO) responded to a labor-management impasse on April 2, 1937 by initiating the first sit-down strike...

        Saw Mill River Daylighting - Industry

        Saw Mill River Daylighting Otis ElevatorThe building in front of you once housed the famous Otis Elevator factory. Although elevators date back to ancient Egypt, the concept for the safety...

        Saw Mill River Daylighting Otis ElevatorThe building in front of you once housed the famous Otis Elevator factory. Although elevators date back to ancient Egypt, the concept for the...

        • yonkers
        • saw mill river
        • elisha graves otis
        • 1852
        • 1854

        Registered Yonkers Landmark - Untermyer Park

        REGISTERED YONKERS LANDMARK UNTERMYER PARK SITE OF GREYSTONE THE HOME OF JOHN T. WARING 1868-1879 SAMUEL J. TILDEN 1879-1899SAMUEL UNTERMYER 1899-1940 DEDICATED BY YONKERS HISTORICAL...

        REGISTERED YONKERS LANDMARK UNTERMYER PARK SITE OF GREYSTONE THE HOME OF JOHN T. WARING 1868-1879 SAMUEL J. TILDEN 1879-1899SAMUEL UNTERMYER 1899-1940 DEDICATED BY YONKERS...

        • yonkers
        • untermyer park
        • park
        • samuel tilden
        • john waring
        • samuel untermyer
        • 1868
        • 1940

        Untermyer Park, Historic Landmark of the United States

        UNTERMYER PARK HISTORIC LANDMARK OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ENACTED BY CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION FEDERAL PRESERVATION LOT OF 1966Submitted by @lampbane

        UNTERMYER PARK HISTORIC LANDMARK OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ENACTED BY CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION FEDERAL PRESERVATION LOT OF 1966Submitted by @lampbane

        • yonkers
        • untermyer park
        • park
        • 1966

        Shorewood HIgh School

        SHOREWOOD HIGH SCHOOL A forerunner in secondary school design, Shorewood High School is modeled on a university campus plan. Constructed between 1924 and 1938 by Milwaukee architects Herbst and...

        SHOREWOOD HIGH SCHOOL A forerunner in secondary school design, Shorewood High School is modeled on a university campus plan. Constructed between 1924 and 1938 by Milwaukee architects Herbst...

          Callan Hotel

          #alwaysreadtheplaque, San Diego weirdness edition https://t.co/SOToxslf4z TweetSubmitted by @alexismadrigal

          #alwaysreadtheplaque, San Diego weirdness edition https://t.co/SOToxslf4z TweetSubmitted by @alexismadrigal

          • monkeys
          • internment
          • wwii
          • concentration camps

          Tarea Hall Pittman

            Morro Bay

            Submitted by @jqmcd

            Submitted by @jqmcd

              Pensionnat Heger, Bronte Sisters

              NEAR THIS SITE FORMERLY STOOD THE PENSIONNAT HEGER WHERE THE WRITERS CHARLOTTE AND EMILY BRONTE STUDIED IN 1842-43 THIS COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE WAS PLACED HERE BY THE BRONTE SOCCIETY WITH THE KIND...

              NEAR THIS SITE FORMERLY STOOD THE PENSIONNAT HEGER WHERE THE WRITERS CHARLOTTE AND EMILY BRONTE STUDIED IN 1842-43 THIS COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE WAS PLACED HERE BY THE BRONTE SOCCIETY WITH THE...

                Cummings Playground

                Submitted by @chicagobars

                Submitted by @chicagobars

                  Moriyama & Teshima Architects

                  Submitted by @lingwhatics

                  Submitted by @lingwhatics

                    New Paltz

                    NEW YORK NEW PALTZ FOUNDED 1678. SIX HOUSES BUILT BY HUGUENOT REFUGEES FROM FRANCE, ORIGINAL PATENTEES, BEFORE 1720. ARE ON WALKILL RIVER. STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 1935

                    NEW YORK NEW PALTZ FOUNDED 1678. SIX HOUSES BUILT BY HUGUENOT REFUGEES FROM FRANCE, ORIGINAL PATENTEES, BEFORE 1720. ARE ON WALKILL RIVER. STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 1935

                      Albert Jackson

                      Submitted by @tatumwilson

                      Submitted by @tatumwilson

                        Alviso Adobe

                        Submitted by @jqmcd

                        Submitted by @jqmcd

                          Corktown in the 19th Century

                          Submitted by @heritagetoronto

                          Submitted by @heritagetoronto

                            The Spanish Community

                              Elizabeth Blackwell, M.D.

                              ELIZABETH BLACKWELL, M.D. Dr. Blackwell was the first woman awarded a medical degree in the United States. She began her medical studies in Asheville in 1845 under Dr. John Dickson, for whom she...

                              ELIZABETH BLACKWELL, M.D. Dr. Blackwell was the first woman awarded a medical degree in the United States. She began her medical studies in Asheville in 1845 under Dr. John Dickson, for whom...

                                Senator Paul Wellstone Memorial

                                Submitted by @gkatz

                                Submitted by @gkatz