The Wreck of Walter Hood
Steamship Terminal - Downtown Victoria
The plaque marks the building formerly used by the Victoria to Vancouver Ferry. The building is located in downtown Victoria, BC at 470 Belleville Street, just across the street from the...
- ferry
- steamship
- canadian pacific
- victoria
- british columbia
- robert bateman
Sigling (Sailing) Plaque
This sculpture, titled Sigling / Sailing, and plaque are in Akureyri, the "capitol" if North Iceland. This sculpture, by Jón Gunnar Arnarson, is a sister to the better known Sólfar / Sun Voyager...
- statue
- sculpture
- iceland
Bram Stoker
Photographed by MKSeery from Open Plaques.
- dublin
- ireland
- dracula
- vampires
- stoker
- bram
Some Local History (Read This Its Cool)
Original Residents: The Ohlone For more than 2,500 years before the Spanish missionaries first arrived in the Bay Area in the 1770s, dozens of small, politically inde-pendent native...
- ohlone
- huchiun
- peralta
- oakland
- berkeley
- bay area
- east bay
- emeryville
- adobe
- rancho
- indian
- disease
- gold rush
- squatters
Forest Ranger William Henry Stephens
This plaque from 2007 is found in an off-the- beaten track location at Elk Island National Park. It is found along Rob's Road, an old warden's trail that is largely inaccessible to the public. It...
- william henr...
- forest fires
- fire
- conservation
- 1890s
- canada
- elk island
- elk island n...
- parks canada
- cooking lake
Preservation of the Plains Buffalo
This plaque commemorates the preservation of the plains bison by the Canadian government. A large proportion of plains bison currently in conservation herds are descendants of the Pablo- Allard...
- buffalo
- bison
- plains bison
- canada
- parks canada
- national parks
- conservation
- nature
- 1940s
- elk island
- elk island n...
- buffalo nati...
- alberta
- french
- bilingual
Stephen Stephensson
The monument was erected in north Iceland to honor Icelandic poet Stephen Stephensson. He was born in Skagafjörður, Iceland but emigrated to Wisconsin, USA in 1873. This monument was erected in...
- monument
- statue
- iceland
Apsonsi - Thai Angel Statue
Apsonsi - Thai Angel Statue Gateway to Thai Town Presented to the people of Los Angeles by the Thai Community Development Center and the Thai Town Formation Committee June 15, 2007 With funding...
- thai-america...
- asian-americ...
- los angeles
- hollywood
- angel
- thai town
Birthplace of Commercial Ice Cream Production
Article about this factory. Submitted by Denise Simard.
- pennsylvania
- seven valleys
- ice cream
- york county
- dairy farmers
Victoria Bridge, Victoria Road, Sowerby Bridge
'Erected by Major R Stansfield of Fieldhouse Sowerby 1864 Contractors F. Berry & Sons Sowerby Bridge Yorkshire'. © Copyright Humphrey Bolton and licensed for reuse under this Creative...
- geograph
Starring Billy Crystal and Debra Winger
Submitted by @lizzieohreally .
- elevator
- billy crystal
- debra winger
- los angeles
Bush the Fire Dog
Bush The Old Fire Dog Died of Poison July 5th 1869 R.I.P. Article about Bush
- bush
- dog
- murder
- fire house
- murder mystery
- washington dc
- dc
About Húsavíkurkleif
This plaque and two others are at a remote and beautiful little waterfall outside of the town Hólmavík, on the Standir coast in the Westfjords. This plaque reads: HÚSAVÍKR KLEIFHúsavíkurkleif is a...
- informative
- iceland
- húsavíkurkleif
Welcome to Húsavík
This odd little plaque is at a remote waterfall outside of Hólmavík, in an area called Húsavík (not to be confused with the town in the north east of the country). It is a sign from the residents...
- iceland
- westfjords
- welcome
The Iceing Facilities at Húsavík
This informative plaque talks about some ruins not far from Húsavíkurkleif. THE ICING FACILITIES AT HÚSAVÍKJust below the main road, the remains of a quite remarkable building stand behind a...
- iceland
- informative
Balderas 95 groundbreaking ceremony
El 16 de junio de 1909 el C. Presidente de la República General Porfirio Díaz Colocó La primera piedra de este edificio. Submitted by @wittenbergman.
- mexico
- porfirio díaz
- balderas
- groundbreaking
James H. Marcniak
James H. Marciniak 1952-1971 The natural resources common to the tobico marsh area are a living Memorial to a young man who fully enjoyed and admired these marsh lands during his lifetime.
- michigan
- tobico
- marciniak
U.S. Army Ambulance Corps
- ambulance
- wwi
- uw
- seattle
- washington
The Birthplace of Freemasonry in West Texas
- san antonio
- texas
- freemasonry