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

Cadillac Carnegie Library

Constructed with the joint support of an Andrew Carnegie grant and the Cadillac Literary Society, this Classical Revival style building was completed at a cost of thirty thousand dollars in 1906....

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130131-0657 Lancaster

From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by WashuOtaku, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License

    1935 Redwood Lumber Strike

    Plaque text: 1935 REDWOOD LUMBER STRIKE Striking sawmill workers gathered in a mass picket at a redwood mill due west of Fort Humboldt on June 21, 1935, trying to convince local redwood mill...

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    The Gazebo

    Plaque text: The Gazebo Built in 1989 this building is of the East Lake Stick-Style tradition, a fine example of Victorian Architecture. The tapered oriel windows that project from the upper story...

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    Ferndale Palace Saloon

    Plaque text: FERNDALE PALACE SALOON Circa 1880, farthest westernly bar in the continental United States. Dedicated on February 13, 1993, by the Native Sons of the Golden West.Harly M. Harty, Grand...

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    • humboldt
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    • saloons

    Matthew Shepard Memorial (University of Wyoming)

    Plaque text: MATTHEW WAYNE SHEPARD December 1, 1976 - October 12, 1998 Beloved son, brother, and friend He continues to make a difference Peace be with him and all who sit here Photograph...

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    Cheyenne Architectural Heritage Map

    Plaque text: August 29, 1986, this Cheyenne Architectural Heritage Map was donated to the City of Cheyenne by the X-JWC Federated Women's Club. The purpose of the map is to preserve the memory of...

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    • wyoming
    • architecture

    The Pardee Home

    THE PARDEE HOME  BUILT IN 1868 BY ENOCH H. PARDEE (1827 - 96) , PHYSICIAN, MAYOR OF OAKLAND, STATE ASSEMBLYMAN, AND SENATOR. IT WAS THE HOME OF THE FAMILIES OF E. H. PARDEE AND HIS SON, GEORGE...

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    Young Lincoln

    Plaque Text: "Young Lincoln", currently housed in the lobby of the District of Columbia’s Office of Public Records, is a plaster replica of a limestone sculpture that was commissioned during the...

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    Alameda County Board of Supervisors