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

"Compy Copmomizzo" Municipal Fishing Pier

U.E. "COMPY" COMPOMIZZO MUNICIPAL FISHING PIER "GET HOOKED ON FISHİNG.NOT DRUGS" DEDICATED THIS 4th DAY OF JULY, 2000    

U.E. "COMPY" COMPOMIZZO MUNICIPAL FISHING PIER "GET HOOKED ON FISHİNG.NOT DRUGS" DEDICATED THIS 4th DAY OF JULY, 2000  

    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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                    • michigan his...

                    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...

                    • michigan
                    • michigan his...

                    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...