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

George Gamow

George Gamow Professor of physics The George Washington University From 1934 to 1956   Gamow (1904-1968)  is renowned for developing the “Big Bang Theory” of the universe (1948),...

    Jan Karski

    Jan Karski (n. Jan Kozielewski) (1914-2000)   Messenger of the Polish people to their government in exile Messenger of the Jewish people to the world The man who told of the annihilation of...

      Haskell Museum

      Haskell Museum 1894-1931 Caroline E. Haskell in 1894 presented to the University of Chicago the Haskell Oriental Museum. For 35 years it was a center for the study of the Near East and a sanctuary...

        Tchaikovsky

        PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY  GAY RUSSIAN CLASSICAL COMPOSER (1840-1893)   PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY was raised in a society that offered no public music education. In spite of his aptitude for music,...

          Cole Porter

          Cole Porter Gay American composer (1893-1964)   Cole Porter remains one of America’s all-time greatest composers and songwriters – one of the few who wrote both the lyrics and the music. His hits...

            Alan Turing

            Alan Mathison Turing (Gay British Mathematician and Computer Scientist) (1912-1954)   During the second world war, Alan Turing worked at Britain’s code breaking center where he was responsible...

              Billy Strayhorn

              Billy Strayhorn Gay U.S. Composer, Arranger and Pianist (1915-1967) “If you want something hard enough, it just gets done.”  —Billy Strayhorn   Billy Strayhorn studied music at the...

                Xavier Dolida, Suspended Pots

                SUSPENDED POTS   ARTİST: Xavier Dolida   "This mural is an ode to French Impressionism. I am inspired by their stylistic depictions of flowers and use of bright and airy colors. I wanted...

                • new york
                • manhattan
                • hudson yards
                • hell's kitchen
                • west side highway
                • art
                • xavier dolida

                The Green-Wood Cemetery

                THE GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY   HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A   NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK   THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   ESTABLISHED...

                • new york
                • brooklyn
                • green-wood cemetery
                • cemetery
                • 1838
                • 2006

                Brachiopod Fossil Paving

                BRACHIOPOD FOSSIL PAVING   The stone you stand on was quarried in Alcove, NY 30 miles south east of the Gilboa Dam. This stone was formed during the same geological period as the fossilized...

                • new york
                • brooklyn
                • greenpoint
                • newtown creek
                • fossil