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

Mariam K. Altman

    Beebe Building

      The Ohio State Reformatory

        The Cradle of Professional Football

          Saint Tikhon

          SAINT TIKHON RUSSIAN ORTHODOX ARCHBISHOP OF NORTH AMERICA 1898-1907 CONSECRATED & LIVED IN ST. NICHOLAS CATHEDRAL. ELECTED PATRIARCH OF MOSCOW IN 1917. WILLIAM C. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2020 647 13

            Major "Dick" Bong

            MAJOR "DICK" BONG "America's Ace of Aces". It was here that Major Richard Bong was born. received his education. and grew to manhood. After attending Superior State College where he received his...

            • wwii
            • army air corp
            • grew to manhood

            Donald P. McCullum

            Submitted by @DIYGene.

              Aunt Maggie’s House

              "Aunt Maggie's House" Mouat's installed Salt Spring's first electric generator here in the 1920s. Later, Mouat's made sausages and smocked hams here. From 1935, the building was used as...

              • salt spring

              D.P. Butler, SR., M.D. Memorial Highway

              Representative Franklin County  1904-1908   1924-1928      Senator Franklin & Pike Counties  1932

              • mississippi
              • politics
              • memorial

              Fraudulent Infomation Alert

              Fraudulent Information Alert Sacramento & Rose St. On this spot, beware of rogue plac- ards bearing false witness. Non-certi- fied historical accounts may confuse residents and visitors alike. Woe...

                The Japanese Community in Chemainus

                The he Japanese community in Chemainus consisted of 300 residents who settled in the valley from 1900 until 1942. Some were mill workers, fishermen and businessmen. Their homes were from...

                • concentration camps
                • internment
                • wwii

                Jewel Nishi Okawachi

                  Pontchrtrain Park Historic District

                  The legendary Pontchartrain Park Neighborhood. founded in 1952. was home to many African-American political, social and business leaders in the City of New Orleans, Louisiana from the middle of...

                  • louisiana
                  • new orleans
                  • subdivision

                  On These Grounds On November 14, 1960

                  On these grounds on November 14, 1960, one child took a step to desegregate William Frantz Public School, an act which changed the face Of education across the country.This monument is dedicated...

                  • louisiana
                  • new orleans
                  • civil rights
                  • education

                  Bill's Trading Post and Gem Gallery

                  BERKELEY HISTORY BILL'S TRADING POST AND GEM GALLERY A.W. Smith, Architect and Builder, 1923 Bill Gulley started "Bill's Model Shoe Shop" here in 1934, after his previous business enterprise...