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

Erie Canal

Erie Canal THE HISTORIC 60 FOOT WIDE RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT BECAME THE ERIE CANAL IN 1825 ESTABLISHED N.Y.S. AS THE ROUTE TO THE WEST FOR AN EXPANDING NATION.  THIS CORRIDOR OF COMMERCE AND CULTURE,...

Erie Canal THE HISTORIC 60 FOOT WIDE RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT BECAME THE ERIE CANAL IN 1825 ESTABLISHED N.Y.S. AS THE ROUTE TO THE WEST FOR AN EXPANDING NATION.  THIS CORRIDOR OF COMMERCE AND...

    Shot Clock

    The 24-second "Shot Clock"  1954 Syracuse, New York  This clock honors the rule that changed basketball and saved the  National Basketball Association. The 24-second shot dock, which put  an end...

    The 24-second "Shot Clock"  1954 Syracuse, New York  This clock honors the rule that changed basketball and saved the  National Basketball Association. The 24-second shot dock, which put  an end...

      Salt Potatoes

      SALT POTATOES POPULARIZED BY SALT INDUSTRY WORKERS, POTATOES BOILED IN BRINE & PAIRED WITH MELTED BUTTER SERVED IN LOCAL TAVERNS AND EATERIES AS EARLY AS 1883. WILLIAM C. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2021...

      SALT POTATOES POPULARIZED BY SALT INDUSTRY WORKERS, POTATOES BOILED IN BRINE & PAIRED WITH MELTED BUTTER SERVED IN LOCAL TAVERNS AND EATERIES AS EARLY AS 1883. WILLIAM C. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2021...

      • hungry for history
      • pomeroy
      • potatoes
      • brine
      • melted butter
      • 1883

      BATTERY B

      BATTERY BFIRST N.Y. LIGHT ARTILLERY DRILLEDNEAR THIS POINT UNDER THEIRORGANIZER, CAPT. RUFUS D. PETTIT,IN THE SUMMER OF 1861.STATE EDUCATIONDEPARTMENT 1939

      BATTERY BFIRST N.Y. LIGHT ARTILLERY DRILLEDNEAR THIS POINT UNDER THEIRORGANIZER, CAPT. RUFUS D. PETTIT,IN THE SUMMER OF 1861.STATE EDUCATIONDEPARTMENT 1939

        Great Auto Race Centennial

        GREAT AUTO RACE 1908 -- CENTENNIAL -- 2008 FROM NEW YORK TO PARIS. RACERS ARRIVED IN CANASTOTA FEB. 14TH STAYING OVERNIGHT. THE U.S. TEAM WON THE RACE. VILLAGE OF CANASTOTA DEDICATED 2/14/08  ...

        GREAT AUTO RACE 1908 -- CENTENNIAL -- 2008 FROM NEW YORK TO PARIS. RACERS ARRIVED IN CANASTOTA FEB. 14TH STAYING OVERNIGHT. THE U.S. TEAM WON THE RACE. VILLAGE OF CANASTOTA DEDICATED 2/14/08...

        • new york
        • paris
        • canastota
        • auto
        • race

        Willard Memorial Chapel ,Welch Memorial Building, Built 1892-1894

          Moses to Her People

          HARRIET TUBMAN MOSES OF HER PEOPLE SERVED UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREQUENTED THIS SITE AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

          HARRIET TUBMAN MOSES OF HER PEOPLE SERVED UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREQUENTED THIS SITE AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

          • tubman
          • civil war
          • new york
          • cayuca
          • this site

          Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged

            Harriet Tubman

            The plaque's wording '...frequented this site..' implies a vagabond existence. But she lived in this Auburn NY house for many years. In the years immediately preceding the civil war and during,...

            The plaque's wording '...frequented this site..' implies a vagabond existence. But she lived in this Auburn NY house for many years. In the years immediately preceding the civil war and...

            • underground railroad
            • tubman
            • alan reno
            • auburn
            • new york
            • ny
            • slavery

            Case Research Lab

            “Case Research Lab – Birthplace of talking movies in 1924. Theodore Case developed sound film and partnered with Fox Studios to create Movietone News. City of Auburn, NY 2004”The Cayuga...

            “Case Research Lab – Birthplace of talking movies in 1924. Theodore Case developed sound film and partnered with Fox Studios to create Movietone News. City of Auburn, NY 2004”The...

            • auburn
            • case lab
            • fox studios
            • movies
            • new york
            • sound
            • talkies