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

Pheena the Fin Whale

  • lhs
  • lawrence hal...
  • larry foster
  • whale
  • 1975
  • 2016
  • 2017

Cerrito Theater Renovation

    Mitchell Lookout

    Major Thomas MitchellSurveyor General of the colony of New South Wales was the first European to ascend this mountain.  This he did on September 30th 1836 during the course of an expedition of...

    Major Thomas MitchellSurveyor General of the colony of New South Wales was the first European to ascend this mountain.  This he did on September 30th 1836 during the course of an expedition...

    • macedon
    • mitchell
    • victoria

    Mill Valley Softball Field

      Gate House

      GATE HOUSE HISTORY: Originally a one-story building housing a Model T Ford it was built before 1942. Dick Graveson, who served as president of the Marin Society of Artists, a previous owner, built...

      GATE HOUSE HISTORY: Originally a one-story building housing a Model T Ford it was built before 1942. Dick Graveson, who served as president of the Marin Society of Artists, a previous owner, built...

      • goodnight moon
      • runaway bunny

      The Mountain Theatre

        Cushing Memorial Amphitheater

          Mill Valley Mt Tamalpais and Scenic Railway

            The Greatest Sightseeing Trip on Earth

              The Tavern, the Arch, and the Dance Pavilion

                Gravity Cars -- "Turn on the Gravity"

                  Verna Dunshee Memorial Trail

                    Matt, Eli, Jim, Ian

                      Castro Valley Center for the Arts

                        Castro Valley Fire Protection District Station No. 2

                          Fleet City 1943 - 1946: Shoemaker, California

                            Pleasanton Veterans Plaza

                              Port Sulphur

                              Hub of the Louisiana sulphur industry. Built in 1932-33 by Freeport Sulphur Company to logistically support Grand Ecaille mine, world's second largest Frasch sulphur mine. It was located in Lake...

                              Hub of the Louisiana sulphur industry. Built in 1932-33 by Freeport Sulphur Company to logistically support Grand Ecaille mine, world's second largest Frasch sulphur mine. It was located in Lake...

                              • louisiana
                              • mining
                              • industry
                              • town

                              Plaquemines Parish

                              Plaquemines Parish was founded on March 31, 1807 stretching from English Turn south 100 miles along both banks of the Mississippi River. The name originates from plakamin, the Mobile Indian word...

                              Plaquemines Parish was founded on March 31, 1807 stretching from English Turn south 100 miles along both banks of the Mississippi River. The name originates from plakamin, the Mobile Indian...

                              • louisiana
                              • plaquemines parish

                              U.S. Marine Hospital

                              Completed in 1849, this three-story building treatedsailors until abandoned after the 1858 Belle Crevasse.During the War Between the States, gunpowder wasmanufactured at the site and arson was...

                              Completed in 1849, this three-story building treatedsailors until abandoned after the 1858 Belle Crevasse.During the War Between the States, gunpowder wasmanufactured at the site and arson was...

                              • louisiana
                              • civil war
                              • hospital