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

Grand Central Hotel, Seattle

GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS THE SQUIRE LATIMER BUILDING THIS STRUCTURE SERVED AS OFFICE SPACE UNTIL 1897. AT TIME THE INFLUX OF MINERS ON THEIR WAY TO THE KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH BROUGHT...

    Bob Balhatchet

    BOB BALHATCHET APRIL 23, 1944- AUGUST 27, 2011 FATHER, ACTOR, BUILDING MANAGER, ALL AROUND ECCENTRIC MAN

    • eccentric man
    • eccentric
    • all around e...

    The Dewey Cannon

    THE DEWEY CANNON This cannon, captured in the Spanish- American War by Admiral Dewey, was presented to Three Oaks when its citizens raised $1400 for a memorial to the men of the battleship Maine....

      Pleasanton Fire Dept

      Submitted by @jqmcd

        National AIDS Memorial Grove

          Alameda Babe Ruth 14-15YO Workd Series champs

          Plaque dedicated to the 1985 Alameda Babe Ruth World Series champions, who won the tournament in Jamestown New York in August 1985. Congrats! 

          • alameda; baseball

          Ludgeruskerk

          This plaque commemorates the church that was here, and was a landmark building for this part of Utrecht. This used to be the independent community (municipality) of "Zuilen" until 1954, and is...

          • church
          • lost building

          The Kansas City Southern Railway In Port Arthur

          The city of Port Arthur was platted in 1895 as the terminus of a railroad envisioned by Arthur E. Stilwell as the shortest route from Kansas City, Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico. The Kansas...

          • texas
          • railroad
          • kcs

          Fifth Districts High School

          The Fifth Districts High School was built in 1893. It is the work of Mr. John Reason under the leadership of Dr. Henry C. Cotton of Bella Alliance, LA. This location was once called Newtown...

          • louisiana
          • african american
          • school
          • education

          William Thomas Lewis

          William Thomas Lewis was born in Merthyr on August 5th 1837. He was the first son of Thomas William Lewis, an engineer at the Plymouth Iron Works, Merthyr Tydfil. Aged only 27 he became the...

          • wales
          • union