A gigantic map of all the cool plaques in the world. A project of 99% Invisible.
Explore the 20,000+ worldwide plaques on the Big Map big map screenshot
The most recent plaques:

Bridging The Mississippi (Un pont sur le Mississippi)

This circle of wooden columns sat astride a major road and held the booths where drivers paid their tolls to cross the first bridge that connected Natchez, Mississippi and Vidalia, Louisiana. It...

This circle of wooden columns sat astride a major road and held the booths where drivers paid their tolls to cross the first bridge that connected Natchez, Mississippi and Vidalia, Louisiana....

  • mississippi
  • mississippi river
  • natchez
  • adams county

Stitzman Blacksmith Shop

Built in late 1800's by Joseph Stutzman, son of blacksmith Jacob Stutzman. Believed last surviving blacksmith shop in region.

Built in late 1800's by Joseph Stutzman, son of blacksmith Jacob Stutzman. Believed last surviving blacksmith shop in region.

  • mississippi
  • woodville
  • wilkinson county
  • blacksmith

The European Struggle for Control (Les Européens luttent pour le contrôle)

During the 1600s and 1700s, Spain, France and Great Britain established outposts for commerce, defense, and settlement in North America. French explorers sought to claim and control North America...

During the 1600s and 1700s, Spain, France and Great Britain established outposts for commerce, defense, and settlement in North America. French explorers sought to claim and control North America...

  • mississippi
  • natchez
  • adams county

The French in North America (Les Français en Amérique du Nord)

France was the first of the three great European powers to recognize and appreciate the strategic importance of Natchez. Operating out of bases in Quebec, French explorers crossed the Great Lakes...

France was the first of the three great European powers to recognize and appreciate the strategic importance of Natchez. Operating out of bases in Quebec, French explorers crossed the Great...

  • mississippi
  • natchez
  • adams county

The Natchez People (Les Natchez)

The Natchez tribe of American Indians lived in the Natchez bluffs area along the lower Mississippi River valley. Archaeological evidence shows them in the region as far back as 700 CE. A sedentary...

The Natchez tribe of American Indians lived in the Natchez bluffs area along the lower Mississippi River valley. Archaeological evidence shows them in the region as far back as 700 CE. A...

  • mississippi
  • native americans
  • natchez
  • adams county

Temple of Relief

Submitted by @benjiw.

Submitted by @benjiw.

    John Steinbeck

    The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Grapes of Wrath (1939) was a prolific writer who showed great compassion for the ordinary person caught up in political and economic circumstances beyond...

    The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Grapes of Wrath (1939) was a prolific writer who showed great compassion for the ordinary person caught up in political and economic circumstances beyond...

      Pioneer Mothers

        Norman R. Howard

          Amelia Earhart Home

          Amelia Earhart, the famed flier, lived here from 1925 until she left to make the first transatlantic flight by a woman on July 17, 1928. Here she wrote the poem "Courage."

          Amelia Earhart, the famed flier, lived here from 1925 until she left to make the first transatlantic flight by a woman on July 17, 1928. Here she wrote the poem "Courage."

          • aviators
          • women

          William Bowditch House

          The William I. Bowditch house at 9 Toxteth Street was a station on the underground railroad before the Civil War. Aboloitionists Sarah and William Bowditch provided safe haven for enslaved...

          The William I. Bowditch house at 9 Toxteth Street was a station on the underground railroad before the Civil War. Aboloitionists Sarah and William Bowditch provided safe haven for...

          • underground railroad
          • abolitionists

          Marin County Hall of Justice

            Fran and Joan Olsson

              The Chief's House

                Norwood Junction Subway

                The world's first reinforced concrete underpass Submitted by @8obGray

                The world's first reinforced concrete underpass Submitted by @8obGray

                • concrete underpass