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

Business Men's Club

The "B-M-C" over the door of this 1910 building stood for the Business Men's Club, which became the Chamber of Commerce in 1913. Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.

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To The City of Weed From The People of Its Community

TO THE CITY OF WEED FROM THE PEOPLE OF ITS COMMUNITY THE ARCH IS THE STRONGEST FORM OF ARCHITECTURE KNOWN TO MAN THIS STEEL ARCH REPLACES THE ORIGINAL CONCRETE ARCH FIRST ERECTED ON THIS SITE IN...

    Royal Coburg Theatre

    THIS FIRST STONE OF THE ROYAL COBURG THEATRE WAS LAID ON THE 14 DAY OF SEPTEMBER IN THE YEAR 1816 BY HIS SERENE HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF SAXE COBURG AND HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE...

      Constitutional Convention

        GOLDENDALE OBSERVATORY

        GOLDENDALE OBSERVATORY ONE OF THE LARGEST PUBLIC TELESCOPES On a clear night you can see forever. Located in Goldendale, Washington, just 15 miles north of Maryhill; this 24.5 inch...

          Grassi Lake

            Walker Memorial Gateway

            WALKER MEMORIAL GATEWAY DEDICATED JUNE 10-, 1954 TO THE MEMORY OF ELIZA FITZGERALD (MOTHER) WALKER

              Columbia River A Life Line

                One Man, Two Worlds

                  Butler University Bulldogs

                  Submitted by mamileham

                    Le Coq d’Or Tavern

                    Submitted by @heritagetoronto

                      York Railway Station

                      YORK RAILWAY STATION One of the great buildings of Victorian England, built 1873-7 (when it was then said to be the largest station in the world) to an original design by Thomas Prosser. It was...

                        Fort Stedman, Siege of Petersburg

                          FUENTE DE SAN ANTONIO

                          = FUENTE DE SAN ANTONIO = = CHUMPANEIRA= No digas nunca de esta agua no bebere pues esta fuente que equi ves es fuente de la virtud y tiene tal magnitud que a beber su aqua invita la confirmo...

                            The Marco Polo

                            THE MARCO POLO From shipyard scraps to the world's fastest ship, the Marco Polo had a storied beginning. She was built in tough economic times at the Smith Ship Yard, when Saint John was...