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

In commemoration of the historic role of Kossuth House

Former headquarters of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America (est. 1896), a longtime center for Hungarian-Americans and for anti- Communist activism, and unofficial embassy of Free Hungary...

  • washington dc
  • dupont circle

Blanche K. Bruce and Josephine Beal Willson Bruce Residence

AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE TRAIL, WASHINGTON, DC 2010 R Street, NW Senator Blanche Kelso Bruce (1841-1898) and his wife Josephine Beal Wilson Bruce (1853-1923), leaders of Washington's "aristocrats...

  • washington dc
  • dupont circle

James Baldwin, The Belvoir

James Baldwin August 2, 1924 - December 1, 1987 The Belvoir, 470 West End Ave. Manhattan One of the most prescient writers of the twentieth century, whose work addresses the complex plurality of...

  • james baldwin
  • the fire next time
  • french legio...
  • semicolon
  • frederick do...
  • dewitt clint...

Home of Medgar and Myrlie Evers

The Home of Medgar Wiley Evers [and Myrlie Evers] Field secretary for the National Association of Colored People (NAACP) of Mississippi Leader in the struggle for justice and equality Born:...

  • medgar evers
  • myrlie evers
  • naacp
  • voting rights
  • mississippi
  • rcnl
  • alcorn state...
  • tougaloo college

George and Ira Gershwin

George Gershwin   1898-1937 Ira Gershwin 1896-1983 The Composer, and the lyricist, lived here between 1929 and 1933, the years they wrote the Broadway show Girl Crazy, and the political satires,...

  • george gershwin
  • ira gershwin
  • broadway
  • of thee i sing
  • satire

General Manuel Belgrano (1770-1820)

Statesman, Leader and forerunner of the Independence Movement in Latin America.  Promoter of the economy and education, mentor of the principles of freedom that burst onto the Argentine early...

  • washington dc
  • dupont circle

Covid Mural

    "The plaque isn't really the important part for me" - Dan Pollock

    [Location approximate] Submitted by @TealePB.

      Joy Oil Station

      Submitted by @heritagetoronto.

        Jean Baptiste Charbonneau son of Sacajawea

        JEAN BAPTISTE CHARBONNEAU SON OF SACAJAWEA AND TOUSSAINT CHARBONNEAU. THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION LIVED IN AUBURN FROM 1848-1866. DURING PART OF THE GOLD RUSH. THE...

          Alexander Herzen 1812 - 1870 Russian Political Thinker lived here 1860-1863

            Horatio, Lord Nelson 1758-1805 lived here in 1798

            Submitted by @RusHeritageUK

              Alexander Fleming

              #alwaysreadtheplaque http://t.co/Qrmj0bj5OE Submitted by theamazinggem HILLINGDON LONDON ALEXANDER FLEMING 1881-1955 Biologist, pharmacologist and Nobel Prize winner for the discovery of...

              • penicillin

              IATSE-210

              PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES SUPPLIED BY THE IATSE-210 INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES AND MOVING PICTURE MACHINE OPERATORS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA LOCAL 210...

                Dave Hanley

                • madlove
                • hamilton
                • ontario