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

County of Alameda Castro Valley Library

    Homenaje de la Municipalidad de Quezaltenango

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      Aqvi Yaze El Ca P. D.

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        Edificio Municipal, Antigua

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          Los Trabajos Realizados en la Candelaria Emperdrados

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            Geographic Center of The United States

            THE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER OF THE UNITED STATES LAT. 39 50 LONG. 98 35 NE 1/4-SE 1/4-S32-T2S-R11W LOCATED BY L.T. HAGADORN OF PAULETTE & WILSON - ENGINEERS AND L.A. BEARDSLEE - COUNTY EGINEER. FROM...

            • geography
            • kansas
            • continental
            • maps

            Willa Cather childhood home

            CATHER CHILDHOOD HOME Built ca. 1879, this is the house in which Willa Cather lived from 1884 to 1890. She describes it in "Old Mrs. Harris," in "The Best Years," and in this quotation from...

            • literature
            • author
            • nebraska
            • 19th century
            • building
            • famous women

            Mississippi State Capitol

            MISSISSIPPI STATE CAPITOL HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK THE SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE AS AN EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF THE BEAUX ARTS STYLE, VIVIDLY ILLUSTRATING...

            • architecture
            • state capitol
            • government
            • mississippi

            W.C. Handy Statue

            FATHER OF THE BLUES WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER HANDY BORN NOVEMBER 16, 1873. FLORENCE, AL DIED NEW YORK CITY MARCH 28, 1958 ENSHRINED FOREVER IN THE HEARTS OF THE NATION ARE HIS IMMORTAL SONGS,...

            • blues
            • musician
            • memphis
            • tennessee
            • mississippi
            • beale street

            Windsor RSL Speedway memorial plaque

            The plaque commemorates the speedway which operated in Windsor between the 3rd of October 1949 and the 10th of November 1968. It also is in memory of two competitors, Charlie Cam and...

            • windsor rsl speedway
            • speedway
            • south windsor

            Bel Janszoon Tasman

              Nau mai, haere mai

              Welcome to Port Tarakohe - home to Manawhenua ki. Mohua (whānau ki. Ngāti Tama, Te Atiawa and Ngāti Rärua); the kaitiaki (guardians) of this rohe (area) and all its taonga (treasures).

                Solon Town Center - Disciples of Christ Church

                • ohio
                • historical marker
                • president garfield
                • church

                Vietnam and Korean Veteran's Memorial, New Paltz Town Hall

                The large stone includes two separate plaques that read: "Dedicated to those who served in Korea in defense of the principles of the United Nations" and "Dedicated to those who served in the...

                • memorial
                • vietnam
                • korea
                • veterans
                • new paltz
                • town hall

                Zuster Bertken

                This stone in the street commemorates that at this location a woman called "zuster Bertken" was (at her own will) walled in a small compartment in the wall of the "Buurkerk" church in AD 1457....

                • church
                • hermit
                • utrecht
                • buurkerk