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

Robert Frost

1874 - 1963  ROBERT LEE FROST THIS GREAT POET WAS BORN IN SAN FRANCISCO, MARCH 26, 1874. FIRST CHILD OF WILLIAM PRESCOTT FROST JR. AND ISABELLE MOODIE FROST. HE LIVED IN SEVEN HOUSES HERE ALL EAST...

1874 - 1963  ROBERT LEE FROST THIS GREAT POET WAS BORN IN SAN FRANCISCO, MARCH 26, 1874. FIRST CHILD OF WILLIAM PRESCOTT FROST JR. AND ISABELLE MOODIE FROST. HE LIVED IN SEVEN HOUSES HERE ALL EAST...

  • san francisco
  • california
  • bay area
  • poetry
  • kennedy
  • frost
  • gold

Elwha

IN HONOR OF INAUGURAL CEREMONIES M. V. ELWHA MRS. CHARLES G. PRAHL, SPONSOR MRS. A. F. EIKU, MATRON-OF-HONOR PORT ANGELES, WASHINGTON JUNE 15, 1968

IN HONOR OF INAUGURAL CEREMONIES M. V. ELWHA MRS. CHARLES G. PRAHL, SPONSOR MRS. A. F. EIKU, MATRON- OF-HONOR PORT ANGELES, WASHINGTON JUNE 15, 1968

  • elwa
  • port angeles
  • washington

Fort Adams / Fort Pike(1797-98)

With Chickasaw approval, Army Captain Isaac Guion erected the United States' first garrison in the mid-Mississippi Valley here in October of 1797. Initially named Fort Adams for the second U.S....

With Chickasaw approval, Army Captain Isaac Guion erected the United States' first garrison in the mid-Mississippi Valley here in October of 1797. Initially named Fort Adams for the second...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Paul W. Barret

In the community of Barretville, which had been established in 1852 by his grandfather, Anthony Barret (1827-1910), Paul Weisiger Barret (1899-1976) co-founded Barretville Bank & Trust Company in...

In the community of Barretville, which had been established in 1852 by his grandfather, Anthony Barret (1827-1910), Paul Weisiger Barret (1899-1976) co-founded Barretville Bank & Trust Company in...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

The Arts Working for Cities

Submitted by @caddickbrown

Submitted by @caddickbrown

    You Made My Valley Green

    Jenny Wollett Campbell July 24, 1953 - September 16, 1986 "You made my valley green, dear girl" Than you. Love, Daddy

    Jenny Wollett Campbell July 24, 1953 - September 16, 1986 "You made my valley green, dear girl" Than you. Love, Daddy

    • marin
    • thank you

    In Memory Of

    IN MEMORY OF CONSTANCE FENTON 1931 - 1984

    IN MEMORY OF CONSTANCE FENTON 1931 - 1984

    • marin
    • in memory of

    You Filled Our Hearts With Sunshine

    Penny Wollett September 21, 1971 - May 9, 1997 Mother of Jenny Kay; Daughter of Don; Friend of many "You filled our hearts with sunshine." We love you, Dan and Jennifer

    Penny Wollett September 21, 1971 - May 9, 1997 Mother of Jenny Kay; Daughter of Don; Friend of many "You filled our hearts with sunshine." We love you, Dan and Jennifer

    • marin
    • in memory of
    • we love you

    In Loving Memory

    IN LOVING MEMORY LARRY KRAMER 1926 - 2005  IN LOVING MEMORY SUE F. KRAMER 1927 - 2014  IN LOVING MEMORY EDWARD M. LEWIS 1923 - 1996

    IN LOVING MEMORY LARRY KRAMER 1926 - 2005  IN LOVING MEMORY SUE F. KRAMER 1927 - 2014  IN LOVING MEMORY EDWARD M. LEWIS 1923 - 1996

    • marin
    • in memory of

    Field of Dogs

    TO COMMEMORATE THE WORK OF aMARIO DiPALMA 1934-2003 IN CREATING "FIELD OF DOGS" FROM HIS AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN COLLEAGUES

    TO COMMEMORATE THE WORK OF aMARIO DiPALMA 1934-2003 IN CREATING "FIELD OF DOGS" FROM HIS AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN COLLEAGUES

      Marin County Civic Center

      The Civic Center Complex was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (1869-1959) near the end of his long career. The Administration Building was completed in 1962 and the Hall of Justice in 1970. They are...

      The Civic Center Complex was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (1869-1959) near the end of his long career. The Administration Building was completed in 1962 and the Hall of Justice in 1970. They...

      • marin
      • california
      • frank lloyd wright

      Midway - Mile 0 of the Kettle Valley Railway

      Midway - Mile 0 of the Kettle Valley Railway In 1910 a rail link pushed westward from Midway to transport the riches of the Kootenays, Boundaray, and Similkameen to the coast via an all-Canadian...

      Midway - Mile 0 of the Kettle Valley Railway In 1910 a rail link pushed westward from Midway to transport the riches of the Kootenays, Boundaray, and Similkameen to the coast via an...

      • british columbia
      • railway
      • riches
      • 1910

      Frank Slide

      HERE LIE THE REMAINS OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE TRAGIC FRANK SLIDE ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 29, 1903 ~ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE ~ THIS MEMORIAL ERECTED AND MAINTAINED BYTHE BLAIRMORE LIONS...

      HERE LIE THE REMAINS OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE TRAGIC FRANK SLIDE ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 29, 1903 ~ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE ~ THIS MEMORIAL ERECTED AND MAINTAINED BYTHE BLAIRMORE LIONS...

      • alberta
      • frank slide
      • 1903

      Used to Rescue Horses

      THE RAMP UP TO THE TOWPATH OPPOSITE THIS WALL IS ONE OF  A PAIR EITHER SIDE OF THE RAILWAY BRIDGE AND WAS USED TO RESCUE HORSES, WHICH WHEN STARTED BY THE TRAINS SOMETIMES BOLTED AND FELL INTO THE...

      THE RAMP UP TO THE TOWPATH OPPOSITE THIS WALL IS ONE OF  A PAIR EITHER SIDE OF THE RAILWAY BRIDGE AND WAS USED TO RESCUE HORSES, WHICH WHEN STARTED BY THE TRAINS SOMETIMES BOLTED AND FELL INTO THE...

      • london
      • horses
      • started
      • trains
      • towpath

      Descartes's House in Stockholm

      I detta kvarter levde och vekade den franske filosofen och matematikern  Rene Descartes  fran oktober 1649 till sin dod i februari 1650 Submitted by @sally_holloway

      I detta kvarter levde och vekade den franske filosofen och matematikern  Rene Descartes  fran oktober 1649 till sin dod i februari 1650 Submitted by @sally_holloway

      • stockhold
      • sweden
      • descartes
      • 1649
      • cartesian

      Flagpole

      This Flag Pole Has Story... The Tilden Environmental Education Center flag pole is a re-purposed mast of "Loon" Bird Boat 13, built in 1929. The legendary "S" class San Francisco Bird Boats are 30...

      This Flag Pole Has Story... The Tilden Environmental Education Center flag pole is a re- purposed mast of "Loon" Bird Boat 13, built in 1929. The legendary "S" class San Francisco Bird Boats are...

      • berkeley
      • california
      • tilden
      • sail boat
      • flag pole

      Exercise Tiger memorial Utah Beach

      In memory of the 946 American servicemen who died in the night of 27 April 1944 off the coast of Slapton Sands (G.B.) during "Exercise Tiger" the rehearsals for the D-Day landing on Utah-Beach...

      In memory of the 946 American servicemen who died in the night of 27 April 1944 off the coast of Slapton Sands (G.B.) during "Exercise Tiger" the rehearsals for the D-Day landing on...

      • utah
      • beach
      • operation
      • tiger
      • memorial
      • world war 2
      • wwii

      River Lot Settlement/Gunn's Mill/The Gunn Family

      Three plaques in one! This mill stone surrounded by plaques stands next to the Half Moon Drive In near Lockport, Manitoba. Here is the transcription of the plaques, from left to right: PLAQUE...

      Three plaques in one! This mill stone surrounded by plaques stands next to the Half Moon Drive In near Lockport, Manitoba. Here is the transcription of the plaques, from left to right: PLAQUE...

      • millstone
      • mill
      • manitoba
      • hudson's bay company
      • fur trade
      • red river settlement

      Lower Fort Garry

      This plaque stands near the entrance to Lower Fort Garry next to another plaque about Indian Treaty No. 1. It is written in English and French. Here is the English transcription: LOWER FORT GARRY...

      This plaque stands near the entrance to Lower Fort Garry next to another plaque about Indian Treaty No. 1. It is written in English and French. Here is the English transcription: LOWER FORT GARRY...

      • stone buildings
      • fort
      • mounties
      • canada
      • prison

      Vermont State House

      In the middle of Monteplier, the smallest state capital (by population) in the United States. Plaque text: State House Montpelier became the capital in 1808, when the first State House was built....

      In the middle of Monteplier, the smallest state capital (by population) in the United States. Plaque text: State House Montpelier became the capital in 1808, when the first State House was built....

      • vermont
      • montpelier
      • state capitals
      • state capitols