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

Fremont Peak Memorial

Fremont Peak Memorial The American flag was first raised on California soil March 4, 1846 on this spot by General John C. Fremont Placed by Native Daughters of the Golden West San Juan...

  • fremont
  • civil war
  • flag
  • california

Alta Bates Hospital

Alta Bates Hospital Founded 1905 by Miss Alta A. M. Bates Nurse * Teacher * Humanitarian  Dedication 1975 Site of a Time Capsule Perpetuating Alta Bates' Concern for Care Submitted by @jqmcd 

  • berkeley
  • california
  • bay area
  • hospital
  • bates
  • 1905
  • time capsule

Description of motivation behind topiaries

Four topiaries depicting dancers are stationed at the entrances (two for each) of the seminar room at the Horizon Village Resort, Chiang Mai. This plaque appears on two of the topiaries; the...

  • topiary
  • artist
  • dancer
  • thailand

Sidney Rudy Waterfront Park

SIDNEY RUDY WATERFRONT PARK DEDICATED FEBRUARY 26, 1981

  • san francisco
  • bay area
  • california
  • park

The Bay Trail

THE BAY TRAIL  The San Francisco Bay Train, a 400-mile network, provides public access to the Bay shoreline not possible since the Gold Rush. It was State Senator Bill Lockyer, in 1987,...

  • san francisco
  • bay area
  • california
  • bay
  • shoreline

1894 Sod House

Submitted by @AllisonCMeier , more pics at https:/ /twitter.com/AllisonCMeier/status/7670402772864942 08

  • oklahoma
  • sod house
  • homesteader

Montgomery North

MONTGOMERY NORTH ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION LATE 1800s & EARLY 1900s  RECONSTRUCTED IN 1973

  • montgomery
  • north
  • san francisco
  • california
  • bay area

Birthplace of Alexander Graham Bell

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL Inventor of the Telephone Was born here 3rd March 1847 Submitted by @slashdotat 

  • alexander gr...
  • telephone
  • edinburgh
  • scotland

Library Boy and Girl

Artist: Christian Petersen (Danish-American, 1885-1961) Title: Library Boy and Girl 2008 casts from 1944 plaster maquettes Media: Bronze   Petersen's Library Boy and Girl depict two students...

  • art sculpture

First Statistical Laboratory in the US

Iowa State University First Statistical Laboratory Established in 1933, the Statistical Laboratory at Iowa State was the first research and consulting institute of its kind in the country. ...