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

Escuela Naval Militar de 1876 a 1952

    Los Heros Ambrosio Alcalde

      Jose Azueta

        First Catholic Church in North America

        Citation required but this is super interesting and supposedly the first Catholic Church in the America’s.  Talking with the architect who is renovating this church and uncovered this. The A is a...

        Citation required but this is super interesting and supposedly the first Catholic Church in the America’s.  Talking with the architect who is renovating this church and uncovered this. The A is a...

          Veracruz

            Pointed at Jerusalem

              Papantia de Olerte

                Ninomiya House

                Ninomiya House Dedicated May 2016Tei Ninomiya was the first Asian student to graduate from Smith College. Born in 1887, in Matsuyama, Shikoku, Japan, she graduated from Smith in 1910 at a time...

                Ninomiya House Dedicated May 2016Tei Ninomiya was the first Asian student to graduate from Smith College. Born in 1887, in Matsuyama, Shikoku, Japan, she graduated from Smith in 1910 at a...

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                Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz U.S.N

                  Goodman

                    John L. K. Brown

                      Reid Martin Mason

                        George V. Halloran

                          Berthold and Inge Hannes

                            Sawtown 1906 - 1934

                            SAWTOWN 1906-1934  THIS ABANDONED SAWMILL IS ALL  THAT REMAINS OF A LOGGING COMMU-  NITY THAT ONCE INCLUDED MORE  THAN 600 PEOPLE. SAWTOWN'S MILL  PROCESSED ALL THE CYPRESS LUMBER  CUT WITHIN 50...

                            SAWTOWN 1906-1934  THIS ABANDONED SAWMILL IS ALL  THAT REMAINS OF A LOGGING COMMU-  NITY THAT ONCE INCLUDED MORE  THAN 600 PEOPLE. SAWTOWN'S MILL  PROCESSED ALL THE CYPRESS LUMBER  CUT WITHIN...

                              Little River School House / Isaac and Lucy Berry

                              The original, one-room, log schoolhouse on this site opened in 1877 under the direction of Isaac and Lucy Berry. The multi-racial community known as Little River raised the present building in...

                              The original, one-room, log schoolhouse on this site opened in 1877 under the direction of Isaac and Lucy Berry. The multi-racial community known as Little River raised the present building...

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                              Detour Reef Light Station

                              Located where the St. Mary’s River enters Lake Huron from Lake Superior, DeTour Passage separates the Upper Peninsula from Drummond Island. It has long been a choke point for Great Lakes shipping....

                              Located where the St. Mary’s River enters Lake Huron from Lake Superior, DeTour Passage separates the Upper Peninsula from Drummond Island. It has long been a choke point for Great Lakes...

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                              Hank Greenberg

                              Hank Greenberg 1B, LF 1930-1946   Greenberg was the first Tiger inducted into the military during World War II, interrupting his outstanding baseball career for four full seasons.  He finished his...

                              Hank Greenberg 1B, LF 1930-1946   Greenberg was the first Tiger inducted into the military during World War II, interrupting his outstanding baseball career for four full seasons.  He finished his...

                                Our Saviour's Lutheran Church

                                Organized as a Scandinavian congregation in 1868, Our Saviour’s became a Danish church in 1875 and served the American Evangelical Lutheran Synod until 1962. First used for worship in 1869, the...

                                Organized as a Scandinavian congregation in 1868, Our Saviour’s became a Danish church in 1875 and served the American Evangelical Lutheran Synod until 1962. First used for worship in 1869,...

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                                Kathleen Blake Coleman

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