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

Fairview Volunteer Fire Dep't

    William G. "Bill" Wolters Fire Chief

      Sylvester Baxter Riverfront State Park

        William D. Hayward Memorial Amphitheater Lone Tree Sanctuary Garden Dedicated 1997

          Private First Class Ernest W. Prussman, U.S. Army Medal Of Honor

          September 15, 1921 - September 8, 1944The Medal of Honor is the nation’s highest military award. Ernest W. Prussman of Murdock street, Brightion died heroically in Loscoat, France while...

          • memorial - s...

          puerto rican veterans memorial

            Patrick L. Sullivan

              Senator Joseph Finnegan Park at Port Norfolk

              Joseph Finnegan Park at Port Norfolk in Dorchester, Boston. This was a former industrial site that housed the Shaffer Paper Company. Now an oasis of life with restored wetlands and an important...

                The Life And Times Of The Boston Harbor

                  Treaty of Utrecht

                  This plaque at the back of the old town hall in the center of Utrecht tells about the treaty of Utrecht. It is in Dutch and English text, and explains that in april 1713 the first time...

                  • townhall
                  • treaty of utrecht

                  Willemshof

                  This plaque tells the history of the building called "Willemshof". It started as the royal horse stables of king Willem II, and was donated to be converted into a church by his son king...

                  • office building
                  • former church
                  • royal stables

                  West Bridgewater Monument, built 1879

                   The memorial was dedicated on July 4, 1879. It lists the names of the 30 West Bridgewater residents who died in the war. The primary inscription reads, “In Memory of the Citizens of this Town, in...

                    Witness Stones for enslaved people Cato, Jin Cole and Titus at Historic Deerfield, Massachusetts

                    These three markers are "Witness Stones" commemorating three enslaved people who lived in Old Deerfield in the late 1700s and early 1800s. They were three of more than 25 enslaved people owned by...

                    • witness stones
                    • historic deerfield
                    • slavery

                    Crónica Miscelánea de la Sta. Provincia de Xalisco

                    Aquí estuvo el conventode San Francisco, dondeFray Antonio Telloescribiera su CrónicaMiscelánea de la Sta.Provincia de XaliscoInstituto Jaliciense de Antrolopogía e HistoriaH. Ayuntamiento...

                    • jalisco
                    • guadalajara
                    • méxico
                    • nueva españa
                    • convento

                    Ukrainian Institute

                    This historical mansion was dedicated on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Ukrainian Institute of America to the memory of William Dzus, founder and benefactorOctober,  19  1974Henry...

                    • ukraine
                    • ukrainian institute
                    • henry sinclair