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

Dedicated to M. R Atkinson Not Dead, Just Likes Plaques

  • not dead
  • just likes plaques

Pine to Palm Highway

Submitted by @brent_bellamy See here for the southern end of this highway.

    Pine to Palm Highway, New Orleans

    See here for the northern end of this highway. Submitted by @brent_bellamy

      Carted and Mounted on this Wagon

      THIS LOG WAS CARTED AND MOUNTED ON THIS WAGON BY WALTER MARWEN BROOKS AND HIS MATES ON SEPTEMBER 4 1968 HE DIED AS THE RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT 1930-1968 Submitted by @priyabgandhi

        Honorable Phra Ajarn Sombar Yanavarn

        Founder of Buddhist Temple of Chino Hills Submitted by @Ritterton

          BIRTHPLACE OF MODERN ELECTRICITY

          NEW YORK BIRTHPLACE OF MODERN ELECTRICITY HERE DISCOVERING MAGNETIC INDUCTION, JOSEPH HENRY PIONEERED THE TELEGRAPH AND ELECTRIC MOTOR, 1829-31

            John Herbert Chapman

            JOHN HERBERT CHAPMAN John Herbert Chapman (1921-1979) was born in London and educated at The University of Western Ontario, receiving a BSc (Honors) degree in 1948. After completing a PhD...

              The Black Snake Affair

              THE BLACK SNAKE AFFAIR In 1808. the Federal goverament. reacting to unfair British policies, passed an Embargo Act. forbidding trade with Great Britain. The Champlain Valley relied on trade...

                EarthScope Plate Boundary Observation Station

                Submitted by @zxqwd

                  Captain Jock Porteous

                  At this place on the night of September 7th 1736 Cpt. Jock Porteous of the Edinburgh City Guard was brutally lynched from a dyers pole by an Edinburgh Mob Erected by the Porteous Associates...

                    The Franklin Institute

                    Submitted by cruicej

                      Regional Districts BC

                      Submitted by @robertdall

                        Shire of Flinders Electric Ball

                        SHIRE OF FLINDERS ELECTRIC BALL THIS SPHERE WAS PART OF A DEVICE DESIGNED BY A MR ROBILLIARD IN 1909, WITH A VIEW TO HARNESSING THE SEA TO PROVIDE ELECTRICITY FOR SORRENTO TOWNSHIP THE SPHERE...

                        • although at ...
                        • electric ball
                        • severe wave action

                        Perronkap Utrecht Centraal

                        The plaque tells the story of the old railway station roof. In Dutch: perronkap. The iron roof was constructed in 1895. In 1968, when the station (Utrecht central station) was replaced by a...

                        • historic rai...
                        • iron construction

                        Stephen Henshaw

                        IN MEMORY OF STEPHEN HENSHAW BUCKINGHAMSHIRE BATTALLION OX BUCKS LIGHT INFANTRY WHO WAS WOUNDED IN BATTLE LANGEMARK AUGUST 16" 1917. HE LAY WOUNDED ON THESE FIELD FOR SIX DAYS. HE WAS FOUND ON...