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

Fred W. "Bill" Gehri Bridge

THE FRED W. "BILL GEHRI BRIDGE named in tribute to a Master Road Builder with the County of Santa Clara from Oct. 1, 1946 to Dec. 31, 1984 Dedicated July 4, 1985 by the MOUNT HAMILTON RANGE...

THE FRED W. "BILL GEHRI BRIDGE named in tribute to a Master Road Builder with the County of Santa Clara from Oct. 1, 1946 to Dec. 31, 1984 Dedicated July 4, 1985 by the MOUNT HAMILTON...

    Michelle Akers

    MICHELLE AKERSLeading scorer in Women's World Cup history with 12 goals, Michelle is a resident of Oviedo, FL who trained at Sylvan Lake Park. Member of the Gold Medal winning U.S. Women's...

    MICHELLE AKERSLeading scorer in Women's World Cup history with 12 goals, Michelle is a resident of Oviedo, FL who trained at Sylvan Lake Park. Member of the Gold Medal winning U.S. Women's...

    • world cup
    • soccer
    • akers
    • olympics

    Sylvan Lake Park

    SYLVAN LAKE PARKEstablished in 1993 as an official U.S. Soccer Federation Training site. In 1994 designated as an official World Cup Training site. National teams from Canada, China, Ireland,...

    SYLVAN LAKE PARKEstablished in 1993 as an official U.S. Soccer Federation Training site. In 1994 designated as an official World Cup Training site. National teams from Canada, China,...

    • soccer
    • olympics

    Bendel Housekeeper's Home

    318 Clinton Street  Built c: 1900    Architectural Style: Victorian Shingle/Eastlake    This house was built by Henri Bendel (1868-1936) for his beloved, long- time housekeeper. Henri was well...

    318 Clinton Street  Built c: 1900    Architectural Style: Victorian Shingle/Eastlake    This house was built by Henri Bendel (1868-1936) for his beloved, long- time housekeeper. Henri was...

    • louisiana
    • lafayette parish

    Pavy Studio

    210 Gordon Street  Built: c. 1950  Architectural Style: Vernacular Storefront     Pavy Studio was originally built as a residence and converted to a retail shop sometime in the late 1940s. It is a...

    210 Gordon Street  Built: c. 1950  Architectural Style: Vernacular Storefront     Pavy Studio was originally built as a residence and converted to a retail shop sometime in the late 1940s. It is...

    • louisiana
    • art studio
    • lafayette parish

    Fausse Point of Bayou Teche / Fausse-Pointe du Bayou Tèche

    <br>About 200 destitute Acadians, former prisoners of the British in Halifax, Nova Scotia, arrived in New Orleans in February 1765. Offered fertile land in the Attakapas District of what is now...

    <br>About 200 destitute Acadians, former prisoners of the British in Halifax, Nova Scotia, arrived in New Orleans in February 1765. Offered fertile land in the Attakapas District of what is now...

    • louisiana
    • acadians
    • cajuns
    • iberia parish

    Alice Plantation House

    Circa: 1790   Built by Agricole Fuselier de la Claire, a planter and cousin of A. B. Roman, Governor of Louisiana (1831-1835, 1839-1843). The house was floated up Bayou Teche from Baldwin to its...

    Circa: 1790   Built by Agricole Fuselier de la Claire, a planter and cousin of A. B. Roman, Governor of Louisiana (1831-1835, 1839-1843). The house was floated up Bayou Teche from Baldwin to its...

    • louisiana
    • plantation
    • iberia parish

    New Acadia / Nouvelle Acadie

    In Spring 1765, during the Spanish Rule of Louisiana, approximately 200 Acadian refugees representing 60 families were settled here on the Teche Ridge in three encampments along the "Fausse...

    In Spring 1765, during the Spanish Rule of Louisiana, approximately 200 Acadian refugees representing 60 families were settled here on the Teche Ridge in three encampments along the...

    • louisiana
    • cajun
    • iberia parish

    David Marquez Gurule

    THIS GROVE IS DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF DAVID MARQUEZ GURULE MEMORIES... OF LAUGHING EYES & SIMPLE WAYS, OF QUILT NIGHTS AND GENTLE DAYS WITH YOU

    THIS GROVE IS DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF DAVID MARQUEZ GURULE MEMORIES... OF LAUGHING EYES & SIMPLE WAYS, OF QUILT NIGHTS AND GENTLE DAYS WITH YOU

      Fresno - Djambul

        Beattie Square

        BEATTIE SQUARE .012 ACRE Beattie Square is named in memory of Joseph S. Beattie, who lived at 247 Schenectady Avenue in Brooklyn. Beattie served as a Private in Company G of the 305th Infantry in...

        BEATTIE SQUARE .012 ACRE Beattie Square is named in memory of Joseph S. Beattie, who lived at 247 Schenectady Avenue in Brooklyn. Beattie served as a Private in Company G of the 305th Infantry...

        • new york
        • brooklyn
        • bedford-stuyvesant
        • bed-stuy
        • bushwick
        • joseph beattie
        • world war i
        • anton vigelius
        • mary vigelius
        • 1884
        • 1921
        • 1924

        Frank Olt - Gothic Circle

        Frank Olt   Gothic Circle   1992 Ceramic relief and glass mosaic   Commissioned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts for Transit and MTA New York City TransitSubmitted by @lampbane

        Frank Olt   Gothic Circle   1992 Ceramic relief and glass mosaic   Commissioned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts for Transit and MTA New York City TransitSubmitted by @lampbane

        • new york
        • queens
        • hunter's point
        • court square
        • frank olt
        • mta
        • art
        • mosaic
        • 1992

        Elizabeth Murray - Stream

        Elizabeth Murray   Stream   2001   Glass mosaic   Fabricated by Miotto Mosaics, Inc.   Commissioned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts for Transit and owned by MTA New York City...

        Elizabeth Murray   Stream   2001   Glass mosaic   Fabricated by Miotto Mosaics, Inc.   Commissioned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts for Transit and owned by MTA New York...

        • new york
        • queens
        • hunter's point
        • court square
        • elizabeth murray
        • mosaic
        • mta
        • subway
        • 2001

        Ten Eyck Playground

        TEN EYCK PLAYGROUND .972 ACRE   This playground and the adjoining street are named for Coenradt Ten Eyck (1617-1686), a settler in the New Amsterdam colony. He was born in 1617 in Moers, Germany,...

        TEN EYCK PLAYGROUND .972 ACRE   This playground and the adjoining street are named for Coenradt Ten Eyck (1617-1686), a settler in the New Amsterdam colony. He was born in 1617 in Moers, Germany,...

        • new york
        • brooklyn
        • williamsburg
        • playground
        • coenradt ten eyck
        • 1645
        • 1651
        • 1686
        • 1802
        • richard woodhull
        • 1828
        • 1852
        • 2017

        Jessie Burnham Williams

          Paul Fierens

            Paul-Henri Spaak

              Heinrich Drake

                Wawa Food Market

                WAWA FOOD MARKET Wawa Dedicated in honor of our first Wawa Food Market which opened in Folsom, Ridley Township, PA April 16, 1964

                WAWA FOOD MARKET Wawa Dedicated in honor of our first Wawa Food Market which opened in Folsom, Ridley Township, PA April 16, 1964

                • wawa
                • folsom

                The Olympia Works

                THE OLYMPIA WORKS Robert Blackburn-aviation pioneer- built aircraft here including over 100 BEZC army and navy biplanes and the famous Kangaroo, Swift and Sopwith Baby planes. He test flew the...

                THE OLYMPIA WORKS Robert Blackburn-aviation pioneer- built aircraft here including over 100 BEZC army and navy biplanes and the famous Kangaroo, Swift and Sopwith Baby planes. He test flew the...