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

Western Data Processing Center

The site where one of the first computer telephone networks connected five other schools in 1963. Submitted by @krtplzr.

The site where one of the first computer telephone networks connected five other schools in 1963. Submitted by @krtplzr.

    Tom Mix, 1880-1940

    "Thru you posterity shall glimpse the glory of the West that was."   Seen on a walking tour of the Fox movie lot in Century City, Los Angeles. Here's a bit more on the life and death of Tom Mix,...

    "Thru you posterity shall glimpse the glory of the West that was."   Seen on a walking tour of the Fox movie lot in Century City, Los Angeles. Here's a bit more on the life and death of Tom Mix,...

    • hollywood
    • movie stars
    • movie studios
    • westerns
    • tom mix

    Stone Canyon Scenic Overlook

    On Mulholland Drive, at the crest of the Beverly Crest neighborhood (in what I, a non-Angeleno, would be tempted to call the Hollywood HIlls). To the south, the city spreads out nearly as far as...

    On Mulholland Drive, at the crest of the Beverly Crest neighborhood (in what I, a non-Angeleno, would be tempted to call the Hollywood HIlls). To the south, the city spreads out nearly as far...

    • los angeles
    • san fernando valley
    • santa monica...
    • stone canyon

    Historic Landmark

    HISTORIC LANDMARK ON THIS SITE IN THE YEAR 1915 WAS FOUNDED THE FIRST MOTION PICTURE STUDIO IN CULVER CITY, BUILT BY THOMAS H. INCE. IN 1919, SAMUEL GOLDWYN SUCCEEDED TO THE TITLE OF THIS AND...

    HISTORIC LANDMARK ON THIS SITE IN THE YEAR 1915 WAS FOUNDED THE FIRST MOTION PICTURE STUDIO IN CULVER CITY, BUILT BY THOMAS H. INCE. IN 1919, SAMUEL GOLDWYN SUCCEEDED TO THE TITLE OF THIS...

      Culver City

      • culver
      • california
      • 1928
      • boone
      • kinkead
      • cooms
      • houck
      • los angeles

      LAPD’s first fully- staffed Kōban

      “Welcome to the LAPD’s first fully-staffed kōban in LA. The first kōban was set up in Japan in the 1840s to provide the police a more intimate setting for public interaction.”Submitted by @oranv

      “Welcome to the LAPD’s first fully-staffed kōban in LA. The first kōban was set up in Japan in the 1840s to provide the police a more intimate setting for public interaction.”Submitted by @oranv

        Rancho La Brea

          Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History George C. Page Museum

            Hancock Park La Brea Pits

            HANCOCK PARK LA BREA PITS PRESENTED TO THE CITIZENS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN DECEMBER 1916 BY CAPTAIN ALLAN HANCOCK WE A REQUEST THAT THE SCIENTIFIC FEATURES BE PRESERVED RECORDED IN THE DIARY OF...

            HANCOCK PARK LA BREA PITS PRESENTED TO THE CITIZENS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN DECEMBER 1916 BY CAPTAIN ALLAN HANCOCK WE A REQUEST THAT THE SCIENTIFIC FEATURES BE PRESERVED RECORDED IN THE DIARY OF...

              A. W. Ross

              A. W. ROSS FOUNDER AND DEVELOPER MIRACLE NILE VISION TO SEE WISDOM TO KNOW COURAGE TO DO

              A. W. ROSS FOUNDER AND DEVELOPER MIRACLE NILE VISION TO SEE WISDOM TO KNOW COURAGE TO DO

                Will Rogers Highway

                Will Rogers Highway, Dedicated 1952. to Will Rogers, Humorist, World Traveler, Good Neighbor. The main street of America, Highway 66 was the first road he traveled in a career that led him...

                Will Rogers Highway, Dedicated 1952. to Will Rogers, Humorist, World Traveler, Good Neighbor. The main street of America, Highway 66 was the first road he traveled in a career that led...

                • highway 66
                • western movie stars
                • will rogers

                Colorado Avenue Viaduct

                Submitted by @Ritterton

                Submitted by @Ritterton

                  Eames House

                  Submitted by Mike Appleton.

                  Submitted by Mike Appleton.

                  • eames
                  • los angeles
                  • architecture
                  • california

                  To The Memory of Francis X. Bushman

                  This plaque is located just outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, 6925 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA.to the memory of Francis X. Bushman noted motion picture star whose home occupied this site prior...

                  This plaque is located just outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, 6925 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA.to the memory of Francis X. Bushman noted motion picture star whose home occupied this site prior...

                  • california

                  Ray Bradbury Home 1942-1947

                  Author  Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) Resided on thie property from 1942-1947. Here he wrote many of the stories that would become THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES (1950). With respect and love from Jason J....

                  Author  Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) Resided on thie property from 1942-1947. Here he wrote many of the stories that would become THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES (1950). With respect and love from Jason...

                  • author
                  • bradbury
                  • writing
                  • los angeles

                  Captain G. Allan Hancock

                  CAPTAIN G. ALLAN HANCOCK  DONOR OF HANCOCK FARM  TO THE PEOPLE OF  LOS ANGELES COUNTY  1916  Submitted by @zeroisme

                  CAPTAIN G. ALLAN HANCOCK  DONOR OF HANCOCK FARM  TO THE PEOPLE OF  LOS ANGELES COUNTY  1916  Submitted by @zeroisme

                  • los angeles
                  • california
                  • park
                  • tar pits
                  • hancock

                  The First Emmy Awards

                    Submitted by @MNBrownlee .

                    Submitted by @MNBrownlee .

                  • los angeles
                  • hollywood
                  • emmy

                  Venice Beach Poets Monument & The Windward Piers

                  Submitted by @Ritterton

                  Submitted by @Ritterton

                    Alfred Hitchcock

                      Barham Blvd Bridge Over Cahuenga Blvd 1940

                      Submitted by @topomodesto via  @militantangleno .

                      Submitted by @topomodesto via  @militantangleno .

                      • los angeles
                      • california
                      • bridge
                      • concrete
                      • pwa
                      • fdr
                      • carmody