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

Play Place at the Union

    What is a Warhol

      Boston, the Navy Yard, and the War of 1812

        DEXTER PRATT HOUSE

        DEXTER PRATT HOUSE HOME OF DEXTER PRATT THE "VILLAGE BLACKSMITH" IMMORTALIZED BY LONGFELLOW 1808

        DEXTER PRATT HOUSE HOME OF DEXTER PRATT THE "VILLAGE BLACKSMITH" IMMORTALIZED BY LONGFELLOW 1808

          Pedestrian Flag Program

            Angel’s Flight

            Built in 1901 by Colonel J. W. Eddy, lawyer, engineer, and friend of President Lincoln, Angel's Flight is said to be the world's shortest incorporated railway. The counterbalanced cars, controlled...

            Built in 1901 by Colonel J. W. Eddy, lawyer, engineer, and friend of President Lincoln, Angel's Flight is said to be the world's shortest incorporated railway. The counterbalanced cars, controlled...

            • los angeles
            • transit
            • funicular railroads
            • angel’s flight

            Cheshire Public Library Addition

            CHESHIRE PUBLIC LIBRARY ADDITION 1996 SANDRA R. MOURIS, MAYOR: EDWARD T. O'NEILL. JR., TOWN MANAGER THOMAS F. CROWE, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR EMMETT SHUTTS, LIBRARY BOARD CHAIRMAN ANN S. WREGE,...

            CHESHIRE PUBLIC LIBRARY ADDITION 1996 SANDRA R. MOURIS, MAYOR: EDWARD T. O'NEILL. JR., TOWN MANAGER THOMAS F. CROWE, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR EMMETT SHUTTS, LIBRARY BOARD CHAIRMAN ANN S. WREGE,...

            • library
            • cheshire
            • connecticut

            Sherman Line Rosenwald School

            The Sherman Line Rosenwald School was established in 1928 for the education of black youth in the Sherman community from Pike and Amite counties. Partial funding for the school was provided by the...

            The Sherman Line Rosenwald School was established in 1928 for the education of black youth in the Sherman community from Pike and Amite counties. Partial funding for the school was provided by...

            • mississippi
            • rosenwald school
            • education
            • pike county
            • amite county

            Sergei Vassilevich Rachmaninoff

            Sergei Vassilevich Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Lived in this building during the last seventeen years of his life. The Russian-born composer, pianist and conductor settled in New York in 1916. He...

            Sergei Vassilevich Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Lived in this building during the last seventeen years of his life. The Russian-born composer, pianist and conductor settled in New York in 1916. He...

            • rachmaninoff
            • composer
            • pianist

            Babe Ruth lived here, and there

            George Herman Ruth -- The Babe Resided here until his death in 1948. 110-118 Riverside Drive

            George Herman Ruth -- The Babe Resided here until his death in 1948. 110-118 Riverside Drive

            • babe ruth
            • baseball

            Bo Diddley

            FrontAcclaimed as the father of rock and roll, Bo Diddley (Ellas Bates McDaniel) was born near Magnolia, south of McComb, on December 30, 1928. Diddley wrote and recorded such hits as "I'm A Man",...

            FrontAcclaimed as the father of rock and roll, Bo Diddley (Ellas Bates McDaniel) was born near Magnolia, south of McComb, on December 30, 1928. Diddley wrote and recorded such hits as "I'm A Man",...

            • mississippi
            • blues trail
            • rock
            • pike county

            The Legacy of the Medicine Lake Volcano

              Medicine Lake Volcano: Colossus of the Cascades

                Lava Beds National Monument: Insight into the View

                  POW's MIA's and Their Families