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

Plaque high atop Pikes Peak - 14,115 feet

IN RECOGNITION OF THE NOTABLE CAREER OF ZEBULON MONTGOMERY PIKE SOLDIER--EXPLORER THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO HAVE PLACED THIS TABLET ON THE SUMMIT OF THE GREAT MOUNTAIN FIRST SEEN BY PIKE NOVEMBER...

  • colorado
  • pikes peak
  • colorado springs

GreenSpace @ President Street

Welcome to Your Community Garden BANG Land Trust GreenSpace @ President Street This community garden is tended by volunteers! Become a member and help with chores, plant perennials, annual flowers...

  • brooklyn
  • park slope
  • president street
  • community garden
  • garden
  • bang land trust
  • trust for pu...
  • greenspace

Alexander Skene Statue

ALEXANDER SKENE STATUE GRAND ARMY PLAZA This impressive sculpture bust of Alexander Johnston Chalmers Skene, M.D. (1838 -1900) honors a Brooklyn-based physician, medical researcher, and college...

  • brooklyn
  • prospect heights
  • grand army plaza
  • alexander skene
  • john massey rhind
  • civil war
  • prospect park
  • 1838
  • 1900
  • 1860
  • 1936
  • 1864
  • 1936
  • 2003

RM & EE

"EE. I love you. Will you marry me?" - RM, 2020.Submitted by @lampbane

  • brooklyn
  • grand army plaza
  • park slope
  • prospect heights
  • prospect park
  • bench
  • proposal

Shamrock 111

MAST OF AMERICA CUP RACING YACHT SHAMROCK 111 PRESENTED TO THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARYBY EMMET J. MCCORMACK ERECTED AND DEDICATED BY MUTUAL SAVINGS BANKS  Post No. 1820 THE AMERICAN LEGION MAY 30,...

  • brooklyn
  • grand army plaza
  • brooklyn pub...
  • america's cup
  • yacht
  • boat
  • emmet mccormack
  • american legion
  • 1959
  • flagpole

Police Constable Albert Alexander

From 1885 to 2004, this was the site of the Newbury District Hospital. It therefore seems and appropriate location for this plaque to commemorate the life of Police Constable Albert Alexander...

  • penicillin

Flagstaff's Founding

FLAGSTAFF'S FOUNDING FLAGSTAFF WAS A NAME ON A MAP BEFORE THE AREA HAD ANY SIGNIFICANT POPULATION. THE FIRST PERMANENT SETTLER WAS THOMAS F. MCMILLAN WHO ARRIVED SOMETIME IN 1876. ON JULY 4, 1876,...

    Veterans of the Armed Forces from the Town of Ross

      Eddie Ahrens

      THIS TREE DONATED IN MEMORY OF EDDIE AHRENS 1919-1998 IN WARM APPRECIATION OF HIS LIFE AND SERVICE TO OUR TOWN

        Newkirk Avenue Bridge Barrier

        Built by Milliken Bros.Incorporated11 Broadway, N.Y. City, U.S.A.1907. Submitted by @lampbane

        • brooklyn
        • ditmas park
        • newkirk avenue
        • newkirk plaza
        • subway
        • milliken bros.
        • 1907