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

Friends of the Bells

    Casa de las Siete Chimeneas

      Christian Krohg

      Submitted by @caddickbrown

      Submitted by @caddickbrown

        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