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

Mr. & Mrs. E. K. Anderson Memorial Fountain

Submitted by Darren Platt

Submitted by Darren Platt

    Oregon Caves National Monument

    • taft
    • oregon
    • caves
    • 1909

    VFW Bicentennial Veterans' Memorial

    HONOR THE DEAD BY HELPING THE LIVING DEDICATED TO THE MICHIGAN MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY 1776 1976 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS AND LADIES AUXILIARIES DEPARTMENT OF...

    HONOR THE DEAD BY HELPING THE LIVING DEDICATED TO THE MICHIGAN MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY 1776 1976 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS AND LADIES AUXILIARIES DEPARTMENT...

    • vfw
    • bicentennial
    • veterans
    • memorial

    CN Fort Langley Rail Station

    Submitted by @robertdall

    Submitted by @robertdall

    • langley
    • canada
    • british columbia
    • railroad

    Como-Harriet Streetcar Line

    Submitted by @gkatz

    Submitted by @gkatz

    • streetcar
    • railway
    • minnesota
    • minneapolis
    • 1880
    • motor line

    Historic Cannons from Louisbourg, Nova Scotia

    HISTORIC CANNONS FROM LOUISBOURG, NOVA SCOTIA On June 23, 1758, the British Navy besieged Louisbourg, capital and major settlement of the French colony of Cape Breton Island. Three of the French...

    HISTORIC CANNONS FROM LOUISBOURG, NOVA SCOTIA On June 23, 1758, the British Navy besieged Louisbourg, capital and major settlement of the French colony of Cape Breton Island. Three of the French...

    • cannons
    • university o...
    • louisbourg
    • seige of louisbourg
    • british navy

    Resurrection Bay at Seward, Alaska

    Submitted by: Sarah J. Martin. Plaque Text: On August 28th, 1903, the steamer “Santa Ana” arrived in Resurrection Bay and Seward was founded by the Alaska Central Railway Co. as the ocean terminus...

    Submitted by: Sarah J. Martin. Plaque Text: On August 28th, 1903, the steamer “Santa Ana” arrived in Resurrection Bay and Seward was founded by the Alaska Central Railway Co. as the ocean...

    • resurrection bay
    • seward
    • alaska
    • clear day

    Wendler Building, Anchorage

    Submitted by: Sarah J. Martin. Plaque Text: Built in 1915, this is the first permanent building constructed in Anchorage and is now the oldest building still standing here. It was erected to house...

    Submitted by: Sarah J. Martin. Plaque Text: Built in 1915, this is the first permanent building constructed in Anchorage and is now the oldest building still standing here. It was erected to house...

    • wendler
    • anchorage
    • victorian
    • architecture

    Anchorage City Hall

    City Hall, 524 W. 4th Avenue, Anchorage Submitted by: Sarah J. Martin. Plaque Text: The doors of city hall were first opened on November 15, 1936. The building, which originally contained the...

    City Hall, 524 W. 4th Avenue, Anchorage Submitted by: Sarah J. Martin. Plaque Text: The doors of city hall were first opened on November 15, 1936. The building, which originally contained...

    • anchorage
    • 1935
    • new deal
    • public works...

    Arch of Constantine

    Translation c/o wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_of_Constantine#Inscriptions imp(eratori) · caes(ari) · fl(avio) · constantino · maximo · p(io) · f(elici) · avgusto · s(enatus) ·...

    Translation c/o wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arch_of_Constantine#Inscriptions imp(eratori) · caes(ari) · fl(avio) · constantino · maximo · p(io) · f(elici) · avgusto · s(enatus) ·...

    • rome
    • romans
    • history
    • arch
    • architecture

    Amphitheatre Flavium

    Submitted by: @IanThorp

    Submitted by: @IanThorp

    • rome
    • romans
    • colosseum
    • italy

    Campbell River Waterfront c. 1950s

    • campbell river
    • british columbia

    Liberation of the Netherlands, Thank You Canada

    • 1945
    • 2005
    • netherlands
    • liberation
    • thank you canada

    Humber Bay Promenade Dedication

    HUMBER BAY PROMENADE This Portion of HUMBER BAY PROMENADE is Dedicated to the CITY OF ETOBICOKE by CAMROST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION in Conjunction with the Development of MARINA DEL REY Official...

    HUMBER BAY PROMENADE This Portion of HUMBER BAY PROMENADE is Dedicated to the CITY OF ETOBICOKE by CAMROST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION in Conjunction with the Development of MARINA DEL REY...

    • dedication
    • etobicoke
    • humber bay promenade
    • toronto

    Duquesne Heights Incline

    The Society for Preservation of the Duquesne Heights Incline dedicates the restored Lower Section  In Memory of  JAMES PRESKEN  Mr. Presken worked for nearly 30 years to  PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN...

    The Society for Preservation of the Duquesne Heights Incline dedicates the restored Lower Section  In Memory of  JAMES PRESKEN  Mr. Presken worked for nearly 30 years to  PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN...

    • pittsburgh
    • pennsylvania
    • incline
    • duquesne

    Wesleyan Chapel, First Woman's Rights Convention

    On this spot stood the Wesleyan Chapel where the First Woman's Rights Convention in the World's history was held July 19 and 20 1848  Elizabeth Cady Stanton moved this resolution which was...

    On this spot stood the Wesleyan Chapel where the First Woman's Rights Convention in the World's history was held July 19 and 20 1848  Elizabeth Cady Stanton moved this resolution which...

    • 1848
    • woman's rights
    • voting

    Boston Common

    Boston Common  In or about the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred thirty and four the then present inhabitants of the Town of Boston of Whom the Honble John Winthrop Esqr Govnr of the...

    Boston Common  In or about the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred thirty and four the then present inhabitants of the Town of Boston of Whom the Honble John Winthrop Esqr Govnr of...

    • boston
    • massachusetts
    • 1634
    • blackstone

    First Convention for Woman's Right was Held on this Corner 1848

    • seneca fall
    • new york
    • woman's rights

    Humber Bay Promenade Dedication

    THIS PORTION OF HUMBER BAY PROMENADE HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO THE CITY OF ETOBICOKE BY GRAND HARBOUR DEVELOPMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF GRAND HARBOUR CONDOMINIUMS.   OFICIAL OPENING...

    THIS PORTION OF HUMBER BAY PROMENADE HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO THE CITY OF ETOBICOKE BY GRAND HARBOUR DEVELOPMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF GRAND HARBOUR CONDOMINIUMS.   OFICIAL OPENING...

    • dedication
    • humber bay promenade
    • etobicoke
    • toronto

    Moses to Her People

    HARRIET TUBMAN MOSES OF HER PEOPLE SERVED UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREQUENTED THIS SITE AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

    HARRIET TUBMAN MOSES OF HER PEOPLE SERVED UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREQUENTED THIS SITE AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

    • tubman
    • civil war
    • new york
    • cayuca
    • this site