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

Simon Episcopius

  [Location approximate] Submitted by Sheila Paske

  [Location approximate] Submitted by Sheila Paske

  • amsterdam
  • netherlands
  • libertatem
  • hoogleeraar
  • herdacht door

Rembrandt Grave

HIER LIGT BEGRAVEN REMBRANDT HARMENSZ VAN RYN GEB: 15 JULI 1606 GEST: 4 OCT 1669 Submitted by Sheila Paske

HIER LIGT BEGRAVEN REMBRANDT HARMENSZ VAN RYN GEB: 15 JULI 1606 GEST: 4 OCT 1669 Submitted by Sheila Paske

  • rembrandt
  • amsterdam
  • netherlands

Joe DiMaggio

    Joseph Paul Dimaggio

    • san francisco
    • california
    • dimaggio

    Buckingham Hospital

    In the waiting room of Buckingham Hospital which is based around a former nursing home: TO THE GREAT PHYSICIAN OF SOULS AND OF BODIES OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST AND IN THANKFUL...

    In the waiting room of Buckingham Hospital which is based around a former nursing home: TO THE GREAT PHYSICIAN OF SOULS AND OF BODIES OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST AND IN...

    • hospital
    • buckingham
    • egerton
    • uk
    • england

    Floyd Bjornstjerne Olson

    IN MEMORIAM 1891 1936 FLOYD BJORNSTJERNE OLSON TWENTY-SECOND GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA  BORN IN NEAR POVERTY SCHOOLED IN ADVERSITY INTIMATE WITH HUNGER AND WANT  OUT OF THIS CRUCIBLE CAME...

    IN MEMORIAM 1891 1936 FLOYD BJORNSTJERNE OLSON TWENTY-SECOND GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA  BORN IN NEAR POVERTY SCHOOLED IN ADVERSITY INTIMATE WITH HUNGER AND WANT  OUT OF THIS CRUCIBLE CAME...

    • minnesota
    • olson
    • governor
    • font
    • builded
    • wrought
    • poverty

    James Henry Greathead

      J.H. Greathead, chief engineer, City and South London Railway, inventor of the travelling shield that made possible the cutting of the tunnels of London's deep level tube system.   Submitted by...

      J.H. Greathead, chief engineer, City and South London Railway, inventor of the travelling shield that made possible the cutting of the tunnels of London's deep level tube system.   Submitted...

    • london
    • england
    • railway
    • engineer

    Collierville, Tenn.

    Collierville, first known as Oak Grove, was founded in about 1835 and was named for Jesse R. Collier. The county's second oldest town was near Mt. Pleasant Rd. and Hwy. 57 on land of Adams, Floyd,...

    Collierville, first known as Oak Grove, was founded in about 1835 and was named for Jesse R. Collier. The county's second oldest town was near Mt. Pleasant Rd. and Hwy. 57 on land of Adams, Floyd,...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Germaine Necker

    1813 - 1814 GERMAINE NECKER BARONNE DE STAEL-HOLSTEIN  LIVED IN A HOUSE ON THIS SITE DURING THE LAST OF HER TEN YEARS OF EXILE  Submitted by benhammersley

    1813 - 1814 GERMAINE NECKER BARONNE DE STAEL- HOLSTEIN  LIVED IN A HOUSE ON THIS SITE DURING THE LAST OF HER TEN YEARS OF EXILE  Submitted by benhammersley

    • london
    • england
    • necker

    Edward Hull Crump

    [On the seats] To The Great Public Benefactor Edward Hull Crump Memphis Dedicates This Tribute [On the statue base] Erected By The People Of The City Of Memphis In Memory Of Edward Hull Crump...

    [On the seats] To The Great Public Benefactor Edward Hull Crump Memphis Dedicates This Tribute [On the statue base] Erected By The People Of The City Of Memphis In Memory Of Edward Hull...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Dominic DiMaggio

    • san francisco
    • california
    • di

    Dominic Paul DiMaggio

    • bespectacled
    • san francisco
    • california
    • dimaggio

    Coblentz Concourse, SFO

    COBLENTZ CONCOURSE DEDICATED TO WILLIAM K. COBLENTZ  IN RECOGNITION OF HIS LEADERSHIP ROLE IN FOUNDING THE SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT COMMISSION AND HIS 16 YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE COMMISSION, FOR HIS...

    COBLENTZ CONCOURSE DEDICATED TO WILLIAM K. COBLENTZ  IN RECOGNITION OF HIS LEADERSHIP ROLE IN FOUNDING THE SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT COMMISSION AND HIS 16 YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE COMMISSION, FOR...

    • san francisco
    • bay area
    • california
    • airport

    Shedo S. "Buck" Russo

    SHEDO S. "BUCK" RUSSO "CITIZEN OF MONTEREY"  MAYOR - 1959 - 1961 COUNCILMAN - 1941 - 1959  THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MONTEREY PROUDLY AND GRATEFULLY DEDICATES TO THE MEMORY OF SHELDON S. "BUCK"...

    SHEDO S. "BUCK" RUSSO "CITIZEN OF MONTEREY"  MAYOR - 1959 - 1961 COUNCILMAN - 1941 - 1959  THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MONTEREY PROUDLY AND GRATEFULLY DEDICATES TO THE MEMORY OF SHELDON S. "BUCK"...

    • monterey
    • california
    • 1971

    The Calmari Story

    • monterey
    • california
    • calimari
    • fishermen

    Stivers Lagoon - Fremont, CA

    Once an Ohlone hunting marsh, today a wildlife sanctuary. 1848 Lagoon on farm of Pioneer Simeons Stivers  

    Once an Ohlone hunting marsh, today a wildlife sanctuary. 1848 Lagoon on farm of Pioneer Simeons Stivers

    • fremont
    • lake elizabeth

    Arrival of De Anza Expedition

    1776  ARRIVAL OF DE ANZA EXPEDITION  After a 2,2000-mil trek from Tubac, Mexico leading 240 colonists, Captain Juan Bautista de Anza arrives in Monterey

    1776  ARRIVAL OF DE ANZA EXPEDITION  After a 2,2000-mil trek from Tubac, Mexico leading 240 colonists, Captain Juan Bautista de Anza arrives in Monterey

    • monterey
    • california
    • 1776
    • de anza

    Bank of Italy

    BANK OF ITALY (LATER BANK OF AMERICA) HEADQUARTERS FROM 1908 TO 1921 FROM HERE A.P. GIANNINI LAUNCHED THE BRANCH SYSTEM THAT TRANSSFORMED THE NATURE OF BANKING IN AMERICA NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK 

    BANK OF ITALY (LATER BANK OF AMERICA) HEADQUARTERS FROM 1908 TO 1921 FROM HERE A.P. GIANNINI LAUNCHED THE BRANCH SYSTEM THAT TRANSSFORMED THE NATURE OF BANKING IN AMERICA NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK 

    • san francisco
    • california
    • bay area
    • bank
    • giannini
    • banking
    • bank

    Farnsworth's Green Street Lab

    FARNSWORTH'S GREEN STREET LAB IN A SIMPLE LABORATORY ON THIS SITE, 202 GREEN STREET, PHILO TAYLOR FARNSWORTH, U.S. PIONEER IN ELECTRONICS, INVENTED AND PATENTED THE FIRST OPERATIONAL...

    FARNSWORTH'S GREEN STREET LAB IN A SIMPLE LABORATORY ON THIS SITE, 202 GREEN STREET, PHILO TAYLOR FARNSWORTH, U.S. PIONEER IN ELECTRONICS, INVENTED AND PATENTED THE FIRST OPERATIONAL...

    • san francisco
    • california
    • bay area
    • television
    • green street
    • electronics

    Rockridge

    • oakland
    • california
    • bay area