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

Paul Revere Charleston Square

    Brooklyn Bridge

      The Pace Setter

        Charlestown Navy Shipbuilding Site

          Christ Church Oldest Church Building in Cambridge

            Michelle Gorman- McCabe

              The Cow Creeks

                Boston Naval Shipyard

                  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