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

Roald Amundsen

Roald Amundsen1872 - 1928 Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian polar explorer, was the first to locate the magnetic North Pole and to navigate the Northwest Passage, the Arctic water route from the Atlantic ...

Roald Amundsen1872 - 1928 Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian polar explorer, was the first to locate the magnetic North Pole and to navigate the Northwest Passage, the Arctic water route from the Atlantic ...

  • san francisco
  • bay area
  • california
  • norway
  • south pole
  • north pole
  • magnetic
  • bering straits
  • gjoa
  • oslo

Cheyenne Architectural Heritage Map

Plaque text: August 29, 1986, this Cheyenne Architectural Heritage Map was donated to the City of Cheyenne by the X-JWC Federated Women's Club. The purpose of the map is to preserve the memory of the ...

Plaque text: August 29, 1986, this Cheyenne Architectural Heritage Map was donated to the City of Cheyenne by the X-JWC Federated Women's Club. The purpose of the map is to preserve the memory of the ...

  • cheyenne
  • wyoming
  • architecture

Sorbonne Library

The Sorbonne library thanks its generous donors: Charles Cestre Professor at the Sorbonne 1921Submitted by @p_verschueren

The Sorbonne library thanks its generous donors: Charles Cestre Professor at the Sorbonne 1921Submitted by @p_verschueren

    JB-2 Loon Missle

    JB-2

    JB-2"LOON MISSILE" THE LOON (JB-2), A COPY OF THE GERMAN V-1 MISSILE, IS A PILOTLESS FLYING BOMB (SURFACE-TO-SURFACE) PROPELLED BY AN INTERMITTENT RAMJET ENGINE. KNOWN AS THE "BUZZ BOMB" BECAUSE ...

    • minnesota
    • missle
    • wwii
    • ramjet

    George the Duck

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