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

Hoover Dam and Lake Mead

    Meriwether Lewis Burial Site

    Submitted by @athikers_bob

    Submitted by @athikers_bob

      In Memory of Dr. Edgar H. & Elva Knowlton and Dr. Edgar A. & Bobby Knowlton

      Submitted by @LostToHistory

      Submitted by @LostToHistory

        Battlefield of Malvern Hill

          Richard Register, Green City Visionary

            CHOCOLATE WORKERS' SIT-DOWN STRIKE

            From IG post CHOCOLATE WORKERS' SIT-DOWN STRIKE Hershey's Chocolate Workers Local 1 (CIO) responded to a labor-management impasse on April 2, 1937 by initiating the first sit-down strike in...

            From IG post CHOCOLATE WORKERS' SIT-DOWN STRIKE Hershey's Chocolate Workers Local 1 (CIO) responded to a labor-management impasse on April 2, 1937 by initiating the first sit-down strike...

              Saw Mill River Daylighting - Industry

              Saw Mill River Daylighting Otis ElevatorThe building in front of you once housed the famous Otis Elevator factory. Although elevators date back to ancient Egypt, the concept for the safety...

              Saw Mill River Daylighting Otis ElevatorThe building in front of you once housed the famous Otis Elevator factory. Although elevators date back to ancient Egypt, the concept for the...

              • yonkers
              • saw mill river
              • elisha graves otis
              • 1852
              • 1854

              Registered Yonkers Landmark - Untermyer Park

              REGISTERED YONKERS LANDMARK UNTERMYER PARK SITE OF GREYSTONE THE HOME OF JOHN T. WARING 1868-1879 SAMUEL J. TILDEN 1879-1899SAMUEL UNTERMYER 1899-1940 DEDICATED BY YONKERS HISTORICAL...

              REGISTERED YONKERS LANDMARK UNTERMYER PARK SITE OF GREYSTONE THE HOME OF JOHN T. WARING 1868-1879 SAMUEL J. TILDEN 1879-1899SAMUEL UNTERMYER 1899-1940 DEDICATED BY YONKERS...

              • yonkers
              • untermyer park
              • park
              • samuel tilden
              • john waring
              • samuel untermyer
              • 1868
              • 1940

              Untermyer Park, Historic Landmark of the United States

              UNTERMYER PARK HISTORIC LANDMARK OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ENACTED BY CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION FEDERAL PRESERVATION LOT OF 1966Submitted by @lampbane

              UNTERMYER PARK HISTORIC LANDMARK OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ENACTED BY CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION FEDERAL PRESERVATION LOT OF 1966Submitted by @lampbane

              • yonkers
              • untermyer park
              • park
              • 1966

              Shorewood HIgh School

              SHOREWOOD HIGH SCHOOL A forerunner in secondary school design, Shorewood High School is modeled on a university campus plan. Constructed between 1924 and 1938 by Milwaukee architects Herbst and...

              SHOREWOOD HIGH SCHOOL A forerunner in secondary school design, Shorewood High School is modeled on a university campus plan. Constructed between 1924 and 1938 by Milwaukee architects Herbst...

                Callan Hotel

                #alwaysreadtheplaque, San Diego weirdness edition https://t.co/SOToxslf4z TweetSubmitted by @alexismadrigal

                #alwaysreadtheplaque, San Diego weirdness edition https://t.co/SOToxslf4z TweetSubmitted by @alexismadrigal

                • monkeys
                • internment
                • wwii
                • concentration camps

                Tarea Hall Pittman

                  Morro Bay

                  Submitted by @jqmcd

                  Submitted by @jqmcd

                    Pensionnat Heger, Bronte Sisters

                    NEAR THIS SITE FORMERLY STOOD THE PENSIONNAT HEGER WHERE THE WRITERS CHARLOTTE AND EMILY BRONTE STUDIED IN 1842-43 THIS COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE WAS PLACED HERE BY THE BRONTE SOCCIETY WITH THE KIND...

                    NEAR THIS SITE FORMERLY STOOD THE PENSIONNAT HEGER WHERE THE WRITERS CHARLOTTE AND EMILY BRONTE STUDIED IN 1842-43 THIS COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE WAS PLACED HERE BY THE BRONTE SOCCIETY WITH THE...

                      Cummings Playground

                      Submitted by @chicagobars

                      Submitted by @chicagobars

                        Moriyama & Teshima Architects

                        Submitted by @lingwhatics

                        Submitted by @lingwhatics

                          New Paltz

                          NEW YORK NEW PALTZ FOUNDED 1678. SIX HOUSES BUILT BY HUGUENOT REFUGEES FROM FRANCE, ORIGINAL PATENTEES, BEFORE 1720. ARE ON WALKILL RIVER. STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 1935

                          NEW YORK NEW PALTZ FOUNDED 1678. SIX HOUSES BUILT BY HUGUENOT REFUGEES FROM FRANCE, ORIGINAL PATENTEES, BEFORE 1720. ARE ON WALKILL RIVER. STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 1935

                            Albert Jackson

                            Submitted by @tatumwilson

                            Submitted by @tatumwilson

                              Alviso Adobe

                              Submitted by @jqmcd

                              Submitted by @jqmcd

                                Corktown in the 19th Century

                                Submitted by @heritagetoronto

                                Submitted by @heritagetoronto