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

Sam's Park & Shop

Sam's Park & Shop Dedicated in tribute to Samuel J. Gorlitz founder of Federal Realty Investment Trust. 

Sam's Park & Shop Dedicated in tribute to Samuel J. Gorlitz founder of Federal Realty Investment Trust. 

  • gorlitz
  • dc
  • cleveland park
  • federal realty
  • investment trust

Empress Place Building National Monument plaque

Preservation of Monuments Board Empress Place Building Gazzetted as a National Monument on 14 February 1992. For over a century this neo-Palladian building was used as government offices. The...

Preservation of Monuments Board Empress Place Building Gazzetted as a National Monument on 14 February 1992. For over a century this neo- Palladian building was used as government offices. The...

  • empress plac...
  • asian civili...
  • singapore
  • 1992
  • neo-palladian

St John Headquarters Singapore Heritage marker

Officially opened on 23 July 1960 by Yusof bin Ishak (1910-1970), the Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore and later First President of Singapore, this building houses the headquarters of the St....

Officially opened on 23 July 1960 by Yusof bin Ishak (1910-1970), the Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore and later First President of Singapore, this building houses the headquarters of the...

  • singapore
  • st john's am...
  • national her...
  • kampong glam...
  • 1960

St John Headquarters Singapore

This stone was laid by His Excellency Sir Robert Brown Black  K.C.M.G. K.ST.J. O.B.E. Governor and Commander-In-Chief of The Colony of Singapore On the 23rd Day  of November, 1957 Architects      ...

This stone was laid by His Excellency Sir Robert Brown Black  K.C.M.G. K.ST.J. O.B.E. Governor and Commander-In-Chief of The Colony of Singapore On the 23rd Day  of November, 1957 Architects      ...

  • singapore
  • st john's am...
  • beach road

Mayoress Memorial Stone

This memorial stone was laid by the Mayoress of Prahran Mrs H. M. Cooch 1th October 1900 This plaque sits at street level in South Yarra's popular Chapel Street.  The building is now a personal...

This memorial stone was laid by the Mayoress of Prahran Mrs H. M. Cooch 1th October 1900 This plaque sits at street level in South Yarra's popular Chapel Street.  The building is now a personal...

  • prahran
  • memorial stone
  • melbourne

Launch Complex 34

'Abandon in Place' - 50 years have slipped by, and time can't erase what happened here; voices long silent, still echo 'go boldly'!   LAUNCH COMPLEX 34 Friday, 27 January 1967 1831 Hours ...

'Abandon in Place' - 50 years have slipped by, and time can't erase what happened here; voices long silent, still echo 'go boldly'!   LAUNCH COMPLEX 34 Friday, 27 January 1967 1831 Hours ...

  • apollo 1
  • launch complex 34
  • abandon in place
  • florida
  • memorial
  • ad astra
  • apollo

Clarence Saunders'"Pink Palace"

Clarence Saunders, whose self-service groceries were followed by modern supermarkets, started construction of this building for his home in 1922. It was incomplete when he lost an epic Stock...

Clarence Saunders, whose self-service groceries were followed by modern supermarkets, started construction of this building for his home in 1922. It was incomplete when he lost an epic...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Marion Scudder Griffin Memorial

Marion Scudder Griffin 1879 - 1957 First Woman Lawyer In Tennessee 1907 First Woman Elected To The Tennessee House Of Representatives 1922 Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.

Marion Scudder Griffin 1879 - 1957 First Woman Lawyer In Tennessee 1907 First Woman Elected To The Tennessee House Of Representatives 1922 Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Imperial Sir Edgar L. Turner Ceremonial Hall

Submitted by Sheila Paske

Submitted by Sheila Paske

  • wilmington
  • massachusetts
  • turner
  • shriners

Annesdale Park Subdivision

Developed as an exclusive neighborhood in 1903 by Brinkley Snowden and T.O. Vinton, Annesdale Park was the first subdivision in the South planned upon metropolitan lines. It was considered an...

Developed as an exclusive neighborhood in 1903 by Brinkley Snowden and T.O. Vinton, Annesdale Park was the first subdivision in the South planned upon metropolitan lines. It was considered...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Mother Liberty CME Church

This plaque is located in front of Mother Liberty CME Church. It reads: MOTHER LIBERTY CME CHURCHOn December 15, 1870, in Jackson, the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church was organized by the...

This plaque is located in front of Mother Liberty CME Church. It reads: MOTHER LIBERTY CME CHURCHOn December 15, 1870, in Jackson, the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church was organized by...

  • tennessee
  • jackson
  • madison county
  • mother liber...
  • cme
  • cme church
  • african-amer...

The Lynching of Bunk Richardson

Read more with the Gadsden Time's article about the unveiling of this marker. Photo credit: Marc Golden / Gadsden Times.

Read more with the Gadsden Time's article about the unveiling of this marker. Photo credit: Marc Golden / Gadsden Times.

  • gadsen
  • alabama
  • eji
  • lynching

Hoover Dam - National Historic Markers

NATIONAL HISTORIC CIVIL ENGINEERING LANDMARK  HOOVER DAM     CIVIL ENGINEERING MONUMENT OF THE MILLENNIUM HOOVER DAM  One of the finest examples of how civil engineering ingenuity shaped the...

NATIONAL HISTORIC CIVIL ENGINEERING LANDMARK  HOOVER DAM     CIVIL ENGINEERING MONUMENT OF THE MILLENNIUM HOOVER DAM  One of the finest examples of how civil engineering ingenuity shaped...

  • hoover dam
  • dam
  • engineering
  • 20th century
  • society's qu...

Korean War Memorial at Veterans Plaza

Dedicated to the memory of the brave Americans from Shelby County who died in the Korean War Horace B. Anderton Roy Anthony Alfred J. Alverson Earl Banks William G. Barker Charles R. Barnett James...

Dedicated to the memory of the brave Americans from Shelby County who died in the Korean War Horace B. Anderton Roy Anthony Alfred J. Alverson Earl Banks William G. Barker Charles R. Barnett James...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Hoover Dam - Remembrance

THEY DIED TO MAKE THE DESERT BLOOM  THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL CONTINUE TO REMEMBER THAT MANY WHO TOILED HERE FOUND THEIR FINAL REST WHILE ENGAGED IN THE BUILDING OF THIS DAM THE UNITED...

THEY DIED TO MAKE THE DESERT BLOOM  THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL CONTINUE TO REMEMBER THAT MANY WHO TOILED HERE FOUND THEIR FINAL REST WHILE ENGAGED IN THE BUILDING OF THIS DAM THE UNITED...

  • hoover dam
  • dam
  • desert
  • visioned
  • memorial

Flags Over Memphis

In A Memorial Ceremony On May 9, 1967, The Flags Of The Nations Which Have Claimed The Land On Which The City Of Memphis Is Located Together With The State And City Flags Were Presented By: Spain,...

In A Memorial Ceremony On May 9, 1967, The Flags Of The Nations Which Have Claimed The Land On Which The City Of Memphis Is Located Together With The State And City Flags Were Presented By:...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Hollis Freeman Price, Sr. 1904-1982

Hollis Price was the first African-American president of LeMoyne College. In 1968, he guided the college's merger with Owen Junior College. Price was president of the college for 27 years and upon...

Hollis Price was the first African-American president of LeMoyne College. In 1968, he guided the college's merger with Owen Junior College. Price was president of the college for 27 years and upon...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Fannie Lou Hamer

FANNIE LOU HAMER In 1962 at age 44, Hamer tried to register to vote; the next day she was fired from her job on the plantation east of here. She became a civil rights activist, opening her...

FANNIE LOU HAMER In 1962 at age 44, Hamer tried to register to vote; the next day she was fired from her job on the plantation east of here. She became a civil rights activist, opening her...

  • ruleville
  • mississippi
  • freedom trail
  • oxford comma
  • civil rights

This Horse Block

Outside the Athenaeum Club there is an unassuming stone block installed in 1830 to help an ageing Duke of Wellington mount his horse.  THIS HORSE BLOCK WAS ERECTED BY DESIRE OF THE DUKE OF...

Outside the Athenaeum Club there is an unassuming stone block installed in 1830 to help an ageing Duke of Wellington mount his horse.  THIS HORSE BLOCK WAS ERECTED BY DESIRE OF THE DUKE...

  • london
  • england
  • horse block
  • duke of wellington

Skagway and White Pass

 SKAGWAY AND WHITE PASS HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED A REGISTERED NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK  1964 Submitted by Gilda Spitz.

 SKAGWAY AND WHITE PASS HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED A REGISTERED NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK  1964 Submitted by Gilda Spitz.

  • alaska
  • skagway
  • white pass