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

Jerome Waldie Plaza

JEROME WALDIE PLAZA IN APPRECIATION TO A NATIVE SON OF ANTIOCH FOR MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND U.S. CONGRESSOCTOBER 1988

JEROME WALDIE PLAZA IN APPRECIATION TO A NATIVE SON OF ANTIOCH FOR MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND U.S. CONGRESSOCTOBER 1988

    All Wars Memorial

    DEDICATED TO THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY  ALL WARS MEMORIAL  BY THE GOLDEN GATE CHAPTER VETERANS OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE 11 NOVEMBER 1999 "LET WE FORGET"

    DEDICATED TO THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY  ALL WARS MEMORIAL  BY THE GOLDEN GATE CHAPTER VETERANS OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE 11 NOVEMBER 1999 "LET WE FORGET"

    • battle of the bulge
    • all wars

    Brentwood Gateway

      Livermore Masonic Building

      MASONIC BUILDING BUILT 1909 MOSAIC LODGE 218 FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS CITY OF LIVERMORE HISTORIC PRESERVATION HERITAGE SITE DEDICATED JULY 1996   Submitted by @jqmcd

      MASONIC BUILDING BUILT 1909 MOSAIC LODGE 218 FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS CITY OF LIVERMORE HISTORIC PRESERVATION HERITAGE SITE DEDICATED JULY 1996   Submitted by @jqmcd

        Lord Forrest Memorial

        Attached to the statue of early premier for Western Australia, John Forrest, the plaque details that the received title is incorrect thanks to a bureaucratic stuff up

        Attached to the statue of early premier for Western Australia, John Forrest, the plaque details that the received title is incorrect thanks to a bureaucratic stuff up

          Bilger Quarry

          • oakland
          • califorinia
          • quarry
          • bilger

          Cambridge Apartments

          • berkeley
          • durant
          • ratcliff jr
          • ratcliff
          • lineweaver

          Berkeley Cal Recreational Sports Facility

          Submitted by Miriam Allen

          Submitted by Miriam Allen

            The Winchell Trail

            THE WINCHELL TRAIL  MARKED BY THIS BOULDER BROUGHT FROM THE MESABI IRON RANGE WAS NAMED IN HONOR OF THE EMINENT GEOLOGIST NEWTON HORACE WINCHELL WHOSE SCIENTIFIC STUDIES ALONG THIS RIVER PROVIDED...

            THE WINCHELL TRAIL  MARKED BY THIS BOULDER BROUGHT FROM THE MESABI IRON RANGE WAS NAMED IN HONOR OF THE EMINENT GEOLOGIST NEWTON HORACE WINCHELL WHOSE SCIENTIFIC STUDIES ALONG THIS RIVER PROVIDED...

              Davenport Mini Park

              DAVENPORT MINI PARK  HONORING THE OUTSTANDING CIVIC LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION OF LAURA AND WILLIAM DAVENPORT  1989  CITY OF EMERYVILLE  HONORABLE MAYOR KEN BUKOWSKI VICE MAYOR GREG HARPER COUNCIL...

              DAVENPORT MINI PARK  HONORING THE OUTSTANDING CIVIC LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION OF LAURA AND WILLIAM DAVENPORT  1989  CITY OF EMERYVILLE  HONORABLE MAYOR KEN BUKOWSKI VICE MAYOR GREG HARPER COUNCIL...

              • emeryville
              • park

              Rumford's Pharmacy

              BERKELEY HISTORY RUMFORD's PHARMACY In the 1930s pharmacist and civil rights activist Dr. William Byron Rumford (1908-1986) served as the first black professional at Oakland's Highland Hospital....

              BERKELEY HISTORY RUMFORD's PHARMACY In the 1930s pharmacist and civil rights activist Dr. William Byron Rumford (1908-1986) served as the first black professional at Oakland's Highland...

                Trevarno Road

                TREVARNO ROAD BUILT 1913  CITY OF LIVERMORE HISTORIC PRESERVATION HERITAGE DISTRICT  FUSE WORKS, OFFICE, AND MANAGEMENT HOUSING FOR COAST MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY COMPANY FROM 1913 TO 1968 ...

                TREVARNO ROAD BUILT 1913  CITY OF LIVERMORE HISTORIC PRESERVATION HERITAGE DISTRICT  FUSE WORKS, OFFICE, AND MANAGEMENT HOUSING FOR COAST MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY COMPANY FROM 1913 TO 1968 ...

                  Kalamazoo School Case

                  Near here, in 1858, Kalamazoo’s first high school was opened. Fifteen years later the right of the school board to levy taxes to support a high school was challenged. A unanimous decision of the...

                  Near here, in 1858, Kalamazoo’s first high school was opened. Fifteen years later the right of the school board to levy taxes to support a high school was challenged. A unanimous decision of...

                  • michigan
                  • michigan his...

                  Village of Romeo

                  Originally known as Indian Village, Romeo was platted in 1830 on the former winter campgrounds of a band of Chippewa Indians. Nathaniel Taylor, Ashael Bailey and a Major Larned laid out the...

                  Originally known as Indian Village, Romeo was platted in 1830 on the former winter campgrounds of a band of Chippewa Indians. Nathaniel Taylor, Ashael Bailey and a Major Larned laid out...

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                  James A. Bailey

                  Circus entrepreneur James A. McGinnis was born near this site on July 4, 1847. At fourteen he joined a circus and adopted the name “Bailey.” Developing a striking talent for advertising and...

                  Circus entrepreneur James A. McGinnis was born near this site on July 4, 1847. At fourteen he joined a circus and adopted the name “Bailey.” Developing a striking talent for advertising...

                  • michigan
                  • michigan his...

                  Crapo Park

                  Henry Howland Crapo (1804-1869)—wealthy lumberman, Republican, state senator (1863-1864) and governor of Michigan (1865-1868)—owned prosperous lumberyards in Holly, Fenton, and Flint. Lumber and...

                  Henry Howland Crapo (1804-1869)—wealthy lumberman, Republican, state senator (1863-1864) and governor of Michigan (1865-1868)—owned prosperous lumberyards in Holly, Fenton, and Flint. Lumber and...

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                  Elder John Leland

                  ELDER JOHN LELAND  ELOQUENT PREACHER, BELOVED PASTORINFLUENTIAL PATRIOT FATHER OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY  WITH JAMES MADISON CARRIED VIRGINIA IN THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES...

                  ELDER JOHN LELAND  ELOQUENT PREACHER, BELOVED PASTORINFLUENTIAL PATRIOT FATHER OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY  WITH JAMES MADISON CARRIED VIRGINIA IN THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES...

                  • big cheese
                  • jefferson
                  • pastor
                  • madison

                  Train Depot

                    Fairmount Avenue Streetscape

                    Fairmount Avenue Streetscape Project Completed 2005 Funding provided by: Bay Area Air Quality Management District Transportation Fund for Clean Air Metropolitan Transportation Commission TLC and...

                    Fairmount Avenue Streetscape Project Completed 2005 Funding provided by: Bay Area Air Quality Management District Transportation Fund for Clean Air Metropolitan Transportation Commission TLC...

                      Joyce Bjorgum

                      JOYCE BJORGUM  A living reminder ofyour 32 years of dedication to Washington School Thank you The Washington Staff June 1998

                      JOYCE BJORGUM  A living reminder ofyour 32 years of dedication to Washington School Thank you The Washington Staff June 1998

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                      • berkeley