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

Donald Kozlik

DEDICATED TO DONALD KOZLIK FOR SERVICE BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY AS A BOY SCOUT AND SOLIDER OF THIS COUNTRY. HIS BOY SCOUT GOOD TURN INCLUDED FIVE YEARS DAILY SERVICE TO A BLIND MAN, 1946 TO...

    Hibbing High School Flagpole

    CLASS OF 2002 As people, we. remember As friends, we will never forget As a class, we reminisce As a nation, we stand together. We, the 100th graduating class of Hibbing High School, dedicate this...

      Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

      NATIONAL HISTORICAL MARKER CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL ONE OF THE BEST PRESERVED AND LEAST ALTERED OF OLD AMERICAN CANALS, THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO GREW FROM WASHINGTON'S VISION of...

      • ties of comm...
      • chesapeak and ohio
      • canal
      • thade
      • canal era

      Lady Bird Johnson Park

      LADY BIRD JOHNSON PARK  THE DOGWOOD AND DAFFODIL PLANTINGS ON THIS ISLAND ARE DEDICATED TO PRESIDENT & MARS LYNDON B. JOHNSON WHO CHALLENGED AMERICA TO MAKE MORE BEAUTIFUL THE ENVIRONMENT OF ALL...

      • johnson
      • dogwood
      • park
      • washington dc

      Air Space

      THIS SOIL AND THE AIR SPACE EXTENDING ABOVE IT SHALL NOT BE A PART OF ANY NATION AND SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY ENTITY'S JURISDICTION.

      • berkeley
      • california
      • bay area
      • air space
      • not be a par...

      Richard Stites

      Richard Stites, a historian of the Russian revolutionary people, as people. In memory of Richard Stites 1931-2010 member of Martin's Tavern fellowship from 1956 onward Submitted by @Ed_Baptist

      • russia
      • revolution
      • washington dc
      • tavern

      Space Tree

      SPACE TREE  The seed for this tree were flown abroad the US Space Shuttle Atlantis, December 2-8, 1988 by Lt. Col. Jerry L. Ross, USAF. The tree was presented to the City of Cresco on...

      • space tree
      • atlantis
      • cresco
      • iowa
      • 1988
      • notre dame
      • purdue

      Dr. Norman E. Borlaug

      IN TRIBUTE TO  DR. NORMAN E. BORLAUG  NATIVE OF HOWARD COUNTY, IOWA 1970 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE  HIS WORK IN AGRICULTURE PROMOTED PEACE  BY HIS CRUSADE AGAINST WORLD FAMINE.  Submitted by @Susannist

      • borlaug
      • green revolution
      • nobel peace prize
      • famine
      • iowa

      Last Indian Clash

      After decades of driving past this plaque, I finally stopped to read the "Last Indian Clash" Near this spot in 1764, Shawnee Indians killed John Tremble (Trimble) in the last such event in Augusta...

      • colonization
      • virginia
      • 1764
      • pontiac
      • augusta county

      The Bivouc of the Dead

      A memorial at Dows Rest Area in Iowa. It reads:  "On fame's eternal camping ground, Their silent tents are spread And glory guards with solemn spread The bivouac of the dead."

      • memorial
      • war
      • iowa