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

Alex Giuliani Plaza

  • hayward
  • 1999
  • 1997
  • mayor

Water Saves the Land

    James A. Garfield and the Civil War

    James A. Garfield and the Civil War His oratorical powers made him a master recruiter. His willingness to learn earned him important field commands. His talents for organization won him praise,...

    • ohio
    • historical marker
    • historical society
    • us president
    • garfield

    Hallowed Ground

    Commemoration of massacre of Black residents "that occurred on Election Day 1920. Until that episode, historians say, black people comprised about half of the city’s population. Trouble boiled...

    • racism
    • cemetary
    • voting
    • reconstruction
    • racial justice
    • ocoee
    • july perry

    Le Petit Prince -- Antoine de Saint Exupery

    Plaque describing statue of Le Petit Prince: Le Petit Prince Written in New York in 1943 by French Author, Aviator, and WWII Hero Antoine de Saint Exupéry Jean-Marc de Pas, Sculptor Bronze,...

    • petit prince
    • antoine de s...
    • scupture
    • central park

    Prof. John WInthrop, Mathematician & Philosopher

    Prof. John Winthrop The greatest American mathematician and philosopher of his time. A fellow of the Royal Society lived here from 1746 - 1779 1714-1779 added by Curiouser

    • john winthrop
    • mathematics
    • philosophy

    Heyward Shepherd

    ON THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 16,1859, HEYWARD SHEPHERD,AN INDUSTRIOUS AND RESPECTED COLORED FREEMAN, WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED BY JOHN BROWN'S RAIDERS. IN PURSUANCE OF HIS DUTIES AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE...

    • heyward shepherd
    • john brown
    • harpers ferry
    • imageryan

    Jack Barton Memorial Park

      Tulanian Rugs

      Tulanian Rugs Hutchison & Mills, Architects Leslie R. Wilson, Developer & Builder, 1923 In 1922, Armenian genocide survivor Hachadoor Tulanian (1894–1965) arrived in Berkeley and opened...

      • whoopi goldberg
      • elmwood

      The Historic Theta Xi Fraternity

        Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail

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          The Wharf Links Land and Sea

            Rosie the Riveter

              Non-Violence

              NON-VIOLENCE. "Non-Violence" was created by Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd after his friend John Lennon was murdered. The knotted gun image, which reflects the goals and ideals of the UN, is...

              • new york
              • manhattan
              • united nations
              • sculpture
              • art
              • carl fredrik...
              • john lennon

              Bayard Rustin: Human Rights Leader

              BAYARD RUSTIN MARCH 17, 1912 - AUGUST 24, 1987 HUMAN RIGHTS LEADER The principal factors which influenced my life are non-violent tactics; constitutional means; democratic procedures; respect for...

              • new york
              • manhattan
              • bayard rustin
              • edward koch
              • henry stern
              • 1912
              • 1987
              • 1989