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

Peabody Revitalization

Designed by Chicago Architect Walter Ahlschlager in 1925, the Peabody was restored by Philip and Jack Belz in 1980. During the restoration, workers removing a basement wall to install a...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Central Gardens Historic District

By 1900, Memphis's growth had pushed the city limits east of the district's 511 acres, originally settled in 1830 by Solomon Rozelle. With its convenient access to downtown via the new trolley...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Old Bank House

OLD BANK HOUSE  The first bank in Aberystwyth, and possibly in wales, was opened here in 1760. Know as the SHIP BANK, it served the maritime community.  CYMDEITHAS DDINESIG ABERYSTWYTH...

  • aberystwyth

St Louis Zoo

Since its very beginning, the Saint Louis Zoo has been a leader in exhibit design. With the world's largest walk-through bird cage built for the World's Fair of 1904 and the open moated bear...

    The Cascades

    THE CASCADES BUILT 1937 RESTORED 2002 THANKS TO A GENEROUS DONATION FROM LESLIE AND ELYNOR FLEGEL FOR THE "FLEGEL KEYSER CASCADES"   Submitted by @liu_kev 

    • wpa
    • st. louis
    • falls
    • missouri

    Lansing

    LANSING  European farmers settled in this area first in the 1790s. The Gold Lion Inn was built in 1824 at the southwest corner of today's Sheppard Avenue and Yonge Street, which became the centre...

    • lansing
    • yonge
    • toronto
    • ontario

    Bartlett Tennessee Veteran Memorial

    Lest We Forget Erected by Citizens of Bartlett to those who served their country in time of need Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Germantown, Tennessee

    The City began in 1833 as the hamlet of Pea Ridge, was renamed Germantown in 1836 and incorporated in 1841. The City of Germantown now includes the site of historic Nashoba Plantation. Union...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Hink & Son

    CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1987 SHATTUCK HOTEL, J.F. HINK & SON DEPARTMENT STORE Benjamin G. McDougall, Architect 1909 and 1913 Walter H. Ratcliff, Jr., Architect1926 Berkeley’s first...

    • berkeley
    • california
    • bay area
    • hotel
    • shattuck
    • mcdougall

    California Divided

    1804  CALIFORNIA DIVIDED Alta California is divided from Baja California and Monterey is named capital of Alta California; it remains under Spanish jurisdiction.

    • monterey
    • california
    • 1804