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

Hoover Dam

  • dam
  • engineering

Elixir

This is the second oldest known continually operating Saloon location in San Francisco and a centerpiece of the Mission Dolores neighborhood. On this site Francis Daneal’s “bar-room” was listed in...

This is the second oldest known continually operating Saloon location in San Francisco and a centerpiece of the Mission Dolores neighborhood. On this site Francis Daneal’s “bar-room” was listed in...

  • san francisco
  • saloon

Mission High School

  • san francisco
  • high school
  • mission

The Temper of Those Who Wrote Them

As we say at @99piorg: Always read the plaque about the plaque. Submitted by @daphall  

As we say at @99piorg: Always read the plaque about the plaque. Submitted by @daphall

  • santa fe
  • new mexico
  • metaplaque

Edwin Knox Waterfountain

Plaque reads: 'Erected By subscription In memory of Edwin Knox Victoria Bushmen's Corps Died in South Africa February 26th 1901. Aged 24 years' Submitted by: @IanThorp

Plaque reads: 'Erected By subscription In memory of Edwin Knox Victoria Bushmen's Corps Died in South Africa February 26th 1901. Aged 24 years' Submitted by: @IanThorp

  • boer war
  • water fountain
  • drinking fountain
  • australia
  • south africa

Vittorio Emanuele II Padre Della Patria

Shows you really should always read the plaque. Not exactly sure what it says but send me of doing some research and it relates to the the first king of a united Italy....

Shows you really should always read the plaque. Not exactly sure what it says but send me of doing some research and it relates to the the first king of a united Italy....

  • king
  • italy
  • tuscany

Giuseppe Garibaldi

  Plaque reads 'Per infondere al vivi e al nascituri egregi sensi nell anima col ricordo delle gloriose gesta di GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI  Che piu grande di tutte gli eroi dell umanita consacrava la...

  Plaque reads 'Per infondere al vivi e al nascituri egregi sensi nell anima col ricordo delle gloriose gesta di GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI  Che piu grande di tutte gli eroi dell umanita consacrava la...

  • italy
  • tuscany
  • general
  • war

Moe's

BERKELEY HISTORY MOE’S BOOKS   In 1959, Morris (Moe) Moskowitz and his wife, Barbara, opened a small paperback bookshop on Shattuck Avenue. They soon moved to Telegraph Avenue where Moe’s Books...

BERKELEY HISTORY MOE’S BOOKS   In 1959, Morris (Moe) Moskowitz and his wife, Barbara, opened a small paperback bookshop on Shattuck Avenue. They soon moved to Telegraph Avenue where Moe’s...

  • berkeley
  • california
  • books
  • moe

Craig Roberts

IN MEMORY OF CRAIG ROBERTS LOVING PHYSICIAN, RENOWNED BIRDER AND GOOD FRIEND TILLAMOOK COUNTY BIRDING GROUP 2005

IN MEMORY OF CRAIG ROBERTS LOVING PHYSICIAN, RENOWNED BIRDER AND GOOD FRIEND TILLAMOOK COUNTY BIRDING GROUP 2005

  • tillamook
  • birding

Captain Matthew Flinders

Plaque for a statue. Picture of the statue:     'Captain Matthew Flinders 1923-1925 Charles Web Gilbert (1887-1925) At twenty-one Matthew Flinders was both an outstanding navigator and an...

Plaque for a statue. Picture of the statue:     'Captain Matthew Flinders 1923-1925 Charles Web Gilbert (1887-1925) At twenty-one Matthew Flinders was both an outstanding navigator and...

  • melbourne au...