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

Lorenzo L. Langstroth

LORENZO L. LANGSTROTH (1810 -1895 ) Born here, Langstroth revolutionized the bee- keeping industry with his 1852 patented move- able frame hive and his manual, The Hive and the Honey-Bee. Both...

    Perth Point Zero

    THIS PLAQUE MARKS THE POSITION OF POINT ZERO ADOPTED IN 1925 AS THE ORIGIN OF ALL ROAD DISTANCES IN KILOMETRES WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Submitted by @BenCurranDev

      Harbor Oaks Historic District

        Kensington Hilltop School

          Guns Into Plowshares

          This GUNS INTO PLOWSHARES Monument Was Erected in 1994 Over the Grave of 21 Guns as Part of Memorial Services for Victims of Guns and Other Violence. Let Us Forever Reject Hate And Violence

            The Fin Project

            Submitted by @Adi_O_S

            • nuclear submarines
            • subs
            • plowshares
            • pruning hooks

            Lake Pepin

            LAKE PEPIN This beautiful lake is twenty- two miles long, varies in width from one to two and a half miles, and covers about thirty- eight square miles. It was caused by the delta of the...

              SF Redevelopment Agency, Western Addition Area Two

              "SF Redevelopment Agency, Western Addition Area Two" Submitted by friscolex

                Leslie N. Simonsen Memorial Activities Field

                LESLIE N. SIMONSEN MEMORIAL ACTIVITIES FIELD

                  BRYANT'S GROCERY

                  MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM TRAIL BRYANT'S GROCERY Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till came to this site to buy candy In August 1955. White shopkeeper Carolyn Bryant accused the black youth of flirting...

                    The Price Tower

                    Submitted by @BBQsnob.

                    • frank lloyd wright

                    York

                    York The first African American to cross North America and reach the Pacific Coast. Born into slavery in the 1770's to the family of William Clark, York became a member of the 1804 Lewis and Clark...

                      Mission San Rafael

                        The Body of B. Franklin, Printer

                        The Body of B. Franklin. Printer Like the Cover of an old Book, Its Contents torn out. And Stript of its Lettering & Gilding Lies here. Food for Worms. But the Work shall not be lost. For it will...

                          The Ordnance Datum

                          Submitted by benhammersley