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

Journal Square

Journal Square Journal Square was planned in the 1920's as the "Times Square" of Hudson County. The Hudson and Manhattan RR (now PATH) brought development to the quiet residential Bergen section...

  • new jersey
  • jersey city
  • hudson county
  • path
  • 1910
  • 1912
  • 1921
  • 1924
  • 1925
  • 1922
  • 1928
  • 1929

World Trade Center Slurry Wall

WORLD TRADE CENTER SLURRY WALL (c. 1970) AND HUDSON RIVER BULKHEAD (c. 1890) To enable construction of this pedestrian passageway, portions of the World Trade Center's slurry walls were removed...

  • new york
  • manhattan
  • world trade center
  • slurry wall
  • 1970
  • 1890
  • 2001

Emmett Till - River Site

River Site This is the site where Emmett's body was removed from the river. It was then taken to Greenwood, MS. Then the body was sent back to Money, MS for burial. Via a phone call from...

  • washington dc
  • smithsonian
  • emmett till
  • museum

Town Hall Cowbridge

Built in 1806 as a house of correction on the site of an earlier prison . Converted to a Town Hall in 1830.

  • wales
  • cowbridge
  • politics

Joseph Carter Corbin

Joseph Carter Corbin's work in the Reconstruction- era south after the Civil War created many educational opportunities for African Americans. Corbin (1833-1911) was a professor,...

  • ohio
  • ross county
  • education

1886 Church

    Colorado Centennial Project

      Turgesius Tower

      Built by the Vikings stood on this site

      • ireland
      • vikings
      • waterford

      Waterford - Newfoundland

      Thousands of migrants sailed annually from here to work on the Grand Banks cod fishery off Newfoundland

      • ireland
      • immigration
      • waterford

      Anna Manahan

      Actress. Tony Award winner, Doctor of Letters, was born here

      • ireland
      • waterford
      • women

      King Richard II of England

      King Richard II of England 1377-1399 Landed at this Quay in 1394 at the head of the largest armada ever to sail into an Irish Port.

      • ireland
      • waterford

      Armagh Rail Disaster

      To commemorate those who died as a result of the Armagh Rail Disaster 12th June 1889

      • ireland
      • disaster
      • railroad

      Eagle Scout Project

      EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT Gus Hennegan Troop 187 May 2023 Dedicated to the memory of Sean Rowley, Cliff Mulqueen and Mary Dolce. BISA BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

      • new york
      • brooklyn
      • windsor terrace
      • little free library
      • library
      • boy scouts o...
      • bsa
      • 2023

      Double-Flowered Horse Chestnut

      DOUBLE-FLOWERED HORSE-CHESTNUT (AESCULUS MIPPOCASTANUM VAR DAUMANNII) GIVEN BY THE GIRLS COMMERCIAL HIGH SCHOOL JUNE 12, 1935 IN RECOGNITION OF THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BROKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN

      • new york
      • brooklyn
      • brooklyn bot...
      • tree
      • 1935

      GMP Securities L.P.

      GMP SECURITIES L.P. IN MEMORY OF RACHEL BΕΝΕΡΕ

      • new york
      • brooklyn
      • brooklyn bot...
      • rachael benepe