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

Kaibab Trail Suspension Bridge

Submitted by @alenards.

    University Of Colorado in Boulder

    IN MEMORY OF MARINUS GILBERT SMITH GEORGE ASA ANDREWS AND ANTHONY ARNETT CITIZENS OF BOULDER WHO IN 1872, WHEN THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO WAS STILL A DREAM, DONATED THE LAND UPON WHICH IT WAS...

    • boulder
    • colorado
    • varsity lake
    • university o...
    • cu

    Dubreuil Canal

    In 1736, Claude Dubreuil initiated a canal at this site, from the Mississippi River to Bayou Barataria. One hundred years BEFORE the Harvey Canal, it was the FIRST man-made waterway accessing New...

    • louisiana
    • harvey
    • new orleans
    • westbank
    • waterway
    • canal

    Fremont Pass

    FREMONT PASS ON CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BETWEEN ARKANSAS AND BLUE RIVER DRAINAGES ALTITUDE 11,316 FEET WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE OF 1803. NAMED IN HONOR OF JOHN C. FREMONT...

    • colorado
    • leadville
    • climax
    • mountain pass
    • fremont
    • continental divide

    Fort St. Leon

    Designed by De Verges and garrisoned in 1754, but abandoned in 1792, because of strategic value it was rebuilt by Latour in 1808 and garrisoned to defend New Orleans; Destroyed by Adm....

    • louisiana
    • fort
    • war of 1812
    • civil war
    • french-indian wars
    • us revolutionary war

    Eads' Jetties

    About 18 miles below Ft. Jackson at Head of Passes, the Mississippi River branches into Southwest Pass, South Pass and Pass A Lutre before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico. As early as 1723 French...

    • louisiana
    • civil engine...
    • plaquemines parish

    Mary Plantation

    This property was first recorded on a 1723 French colonial map of Louisiana. Louis Brognier de Clouet, a prominent Frenchman and critical figure in the development of New Orleans acquired...

    • louisiana
    • plaquemines parish
    • plantation

    Saint Thomas Church Louisiana

    Father Jean Martin, Missionary, on Feb. 25, 1854, recorded baptisms he performed in Pointe-à-la- Hache. For more than 10 years afterwards St. Thomas Church continued to share the services...

    • louisiana
    • church
    • religion
    • plaquemines parish

    Bayou Mardi Gras

    His Majesty Rex, King of the Carnival and Monarch of Merriment hereby honors the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the first celebration of Mardi Gras in Louisiana.

    • louisiana
    • waterway
    • mardi gras

    Cavelier de la Salle

    Cavelier de la Salle  1640-1687

    • louisiana
    • exploration
    • explorer

    Phillip Roth

    Philip Roth March 19, 1933 to May 22, 2018 Philip Roth was among the greatest American writers of any generation. He published thirty-one books of fiction, memoir, and essays. More than half...

    • philip roth
    • writers
    • jewish writers
    • pulitzer

    New Englands First Fruits

    After God had carried us safe to New England and wee had builded our houses provided necessaries for our liveli hood reard convenient places for Gods worships and settled the civill government one...

    • harvard
    • puritans
    • protestant
    • education
    • new england
    • ministers

    Honoring Alberto Arroyo for 50 years of jogging in Central Park

    State of New York, Legislative Resolution Honoring Alberto Arroyo for 50 years of jogging in Central Park

    • central park
    • jogging
    • reservoir

    Sadie V. Thompson School

    • mississippi
    • education

    Montreal's First Collector Sewer

    Submitted by @krebzo.