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

Earle Little, Hermod Bakke Sr, Magnus Bakke

'Another great plaque tucked into the corner of the crosswalk in #leavenworthwa\n\nYou always @readtheplaque https://t.co/a2a6YG7Wyf' Tweet Submitted by @Ritterton.

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  • ski
  • skiing

Grand Army of the Republic, Wenatchee

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    Spanish Town

    Established in1805  Founded in 1805, Spanish Town is Baton Rouge's oldest neighborhood having the oldest architectural history in the area. The surviving buildings represent popular styles from a...

    • louisiana
    • baton rouge
    • neighborhood

    Way's Bluff Bridge

    As one of only two bridges across the Big Black River, Way's Bluff Bridge, a 200-foot long railroad trestle, was the target of several Union raids during the Civil War. During the...

    • mississippi
    • bridge
    • civil war

    Lucie E. Campbell

    Lucie Eddie Campbell (1885-1963) was born in Duck Hill. After her father was killed in a railroad accident, she moved with her family to Memphis at an early age. A graduate of Rust College,...

    • mississippi
    • gospel music
    • women

    The Escape Proof Jail of West, MS

    In the early 1900s. misconduct such as fighting, drunkenness, and disturbing the peace landed you in the red brick jail house, known as the Calaboose, in West Station (now West), Mississippi. It...

    • mississippi
    • jail
    • museum

    Shongalo Church

    E. 150 ft. Organized at Old Shongalo, 1mi. W., by Clinton Presbytery, Aug. 29, 1835. Rev. A.C. Dickerson was first minister. Present structure completed 1875. Upper story built and used by Masons.

    • mississippi
    • church
    • religion

    A Growing State...A Shrinking County

    When established in 1789, New Madrid was one of a handful of settlements in the Spanish territory west of the Mississippi River. First as a district and later as a county, the New Madrid...

    • missouri
    • new madrid county

    Mathias de Sousa, the first Black Marylander

    Mathias de Sousa was the first black Marylander. OfAfrican and Portuguese descent, he was one of nineindentured servants brought to Maryland by Jesuitmissionaries and was on the ARK when...

    • st mary's
    • mathias de sousa
    • black
    • marylander
    • maryland
    • imageryan

    Boston Subway

    Submitted by @erik_griswold

      The Upper Storey of this Building

      The upper storey of this building was the meeting place of York Methodists from 1753 to 759. John Wesley. Charles Wesley and George Whitefield preached here on several occasions during that time....

        William J. Craig

          Anton Chekhov Stayed in this Room in 1901

          Submitted by @codinghorror

            David Godbolt

            Submitted by @Ritterton.

            • kingston ale house
            • rohn
            • mari
            • steady aim
            • complete sat...

            DeKalb County Public History

            Submitted by @cuffbalboa