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

The Traffic Jam

The Traffic Jam In 1992 the American artist, Mark Bulwinkle, created the steel sculptures you see here and throughout the parking lots of The East Bay Bridge Shopping Center. To all the children...

The Traffic Jam In 1992 the American artist, Mark Bulwinkle, created the steel sculptures you see here and throughout the parking lots of The East Bay Bridge Shopping Center. To all the...

    Coeur d' Alene Mining District

    Submitted by @larrycebula.

    Submitted by @larrycebula.

      Brooklyn Bridge National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark

        Site of the Bowling Green 1700

          New Croton Aqueduct

          • croton

          Brooklyn Bridge Reconstruction

            Power System of Boston's Rapid Transit, 1889

              Boston Common: America's First Subway

                The Spiders from Mars

                Submitted by @Bernicessities.

                Submitted by @Bernicessities.

                • bowie
                • ronson
                • bolder
                • woody
                • woodmansey

                William Dean Howells

                  Brookland Ferry Landing

                    Naval Yard Granite Wall

                      World's First Successful Long Distance Telephone Call

                      On this site Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, recieved from Brantford, Ontario, on August 10, 1876, the world's first successful long distance telephone call. Erected by the...

                      On this site Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, recieved from Brantford, Ontario, on August 10, 1876, the world's first successful long distance telephone call. Erected by...

                        Dedicated to the Men of the Boston Naval Shipyard

                          The Saxony

                          The Saxony Built in 1899, in the Italian Renaissance Revival style, the Saxony is the first apartment building designed by Emery Roth, the pre-eminent residential architect of New York City

                          The Saxony Built in 1899, in the Italian Renaissance Revival style, the Saxony is the first apartment building designed by Emery Roth, the pre-eminent residential architect of New York City

                          • emery roth
                          • architect

                          WWII Bomb Strike Marker

                          Submitted by @cyclingtiger.

                          Submitted by @cyclingtiger.

                            Old Ironsides in Dry Dock 1

                              Pale Male

                              Pale Male, a red-tailed hawk, is the P.S. 6 school mascot. In 1993, Pale Male came to New York CIty and built his nest on the facade of a Fifth Avenue apartment building. He was the first and one...

                              Pale Male, a red-tailed hawk, is the P.S. 6 school mascot. In 1993, Pale Male came to New York CIty and built his nest on the facade of a Fifth Avenue apartment building. He was the first and one...

                              • hawk
                              • bird
                              • elementary school

                              Chester Harding House

                                Norwegian Ships World War II