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

Killen Field

Louisiana High School Hall of Famer, R.S. Killen, coached from 1924-1950. In 1944, this stadium was named Killen Field in his honor. The name was revoked in 1953 due to a state law barring naming...

Louisiana High School Hall of Famer, R.S. Killen, coached from 1924-1950. In 1944, this stadium was named Killen Field in his honor. The name was revoked in 1953 due to a state law barring...

  • louisiana
  • sports

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

Well known for his expertise on the guitar and his multi-genre music, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown had a recording career that spanned more than 50 years. Born in Vinton, Louisiana, he and his...

Well known for his expertise on the guitar and his multi-genre music, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown had a recording career that spanned more than 50 years. Born in Vinton, Louisiana, he and...

  • texas
  • entertainment
  • music

The Keewatin Rockholes

"The Keewatin Rockholes About 18,000 years ago an extensive sheet of thick continental glacial ice, referred to as the Laurentide Ice Sheet, covered 90 percent of Canada including Lake of the...

"The Keewatin Rockholes About 18,000 years ago an extensive sheet of thick continental glacial ice, referred to as the Laurentide Ice Sheet, covered 90 percent of Canada including Lake of the...

  • keewatin
  • kenora
  • lake of the woods
  • rockholes
  • potholes

Nine O'Clock Gun

"NINE O'CLOCK GUN This gun is a naval type twelve pound muzzle-loader. Cast in 1816 at Woolwich, England, it was brought to Vancouver about 1894. The crests of King George III and of the Earl of...

"NINE O'CLOCK GUN This gun is a naval type twelve pound muzzle-loader. Cast in 1816 at Woolwich, England, it was brought to Vancouver about 1894. The crests of King George III and of the Earl...

  • gun
  • sea wall
  • stanley park
  • vancouver

History of the Carillon

Netherlands Centennial Carillon "History of the Carillon In the Middle Ages, bells became part of Europe's religious soundscape. Travelling foundry workers cast huge bells on site for the great...

Netherlands Centennial Carillon "History of the Carillon In the Middle Ages, bells became part of Europe's religious soundscape. Travelling foundry workers cast huge bells on site for the...

  • carillon
  • victoria
  • netherlands

The State of Georgia Salutes

Submitted by Gilda Spitz.

Submitted by Gilda Spitz.

    Edith Wharton in Paris

    In this building lived from 1910 to 1920 Edith Wharton American novelist 1862-1937 She was the first novelist from the United States who emigrated to France, out of love for this country and its...

    In this building lived from 1910 to 1920 Edith Wharton American novelist 1862-1937 She was the first novelist from the United States who emigrated to France, out of love for this country and its...

    • wharton
    • edith
    • france
    • writer
    • association ...
    • paris
    • 1910s

    Pynelogs

    PYNELOGS HOME OF RANDOLPH BRUCE (1863 - 1942) BRUCE CAME TO CANADA IN 1885 FROM HIS NATIVE BANFFSHIRE, SCOTLAND. A CIVIL ENGINEER, HE WORKED 10 YEARS BUILDING RAILWAY AND BRIDGES FOR THE C.P.R....

    PYNELOGS HOME OF RANDOLPH BRUCE (1863 - 1942) BRUCE CAME TO CANADA IN 1885 FROM HIS NATIVE BANFFSHIRE, SCOTLAND. A CIVIL ENGINEER, HE WORKED 10 YEARS BUILDING RAILWAY AND BRIDGES FOR THE C.P.R....

      Dueling Berkeley Plaques, or 'Plaque and Anti-Plaque'

      One of these plaques is a very common Berkeley type: local architectural heritage enthusiasts have put up a marker celebrating what their plaque says was the long-time home of renowned architect...

      One of these plaques is a very common Berkeley type: local architectural heritage enthusiasts have put up a marker celebrating what their plaque says was the long-time home of renowned...

      • berkeley
      • architecture
      • bernard maybeck
      • dueling plaques

      First Railway in Western Canada

      On December 3, 1878, the last spike was driven at this site in Dominion City (Rural Municipality of Franklin) to complete the first railway line built in the Canadian West. Known as the Pembina...

      On December 3, 1878, the last spike was driven at this site in Dominion City (Rural Municipality of Franklin) to complete the first railway line built in the Canadian West. Known as the Pembina...

      • manitoba
      • railroad
      • spike