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

James Grant Fergusson

    Robert Edouard Pellissier

    ROBERT EDOUARD PELLISSIER ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FRENCH KILLED AT THE SOMME AUGUST 29 1916 IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY

      Memorial Arch

      MEMORIAL ARCH. TO THE MEMORY OF LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR. BORN TO MORTALITY, MAY 14, 1868. PASSED TO IMMORTALITY, MARCH 13, 1884, ERECTED BY HIS MOTHER, 1899

        Restoration of the Stanford Campus

          Memorial Church

          MEMORIAL CHURCH ERECTED BY JANE LATHROP STANFORD TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND LELAND STANFORD

            The Burghers of Calais

              Site of Propagation of the Thompson Seedless Grape

              Site of Propagation of the Thompson Seedless GrapeWilliam Thompson, an Englishman, and his family settled here in 1863. In 1872 he sent to New York for three cuttings called Lady de Coverly of...

              • california
              • highway 20
              • sutter county
              • agriculture history
              • thompson see...

              Ramona Street Architectural District

                The Gates of Hell

                  Payton Jordan Plaza

                    John I. Danielson

                    GIFT OF THE FRIENDS OF JOHN 1. DANIELSON DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL AID, EMERITUS 1968 - 1982 STOP AND STAY A WHILE FOR TOMORROW'S JOURNEY REQUIRES YOU BE RESTED

                      F Street Bridge

                      Plaque noting the construction of the concrete bridge over the Arkansas River in Salida, ColoradoERECTED AD 1900BY THE CITY OF SALIDALOUIS WENZMAYORJ.W. LODGEV.C. DAVENPORTJ.U....

                      • bridge
                      • colorado
                      • salida
                      • arkansas river
                      • 1900

                      Woolworth's Sit-In, Jackson MS

                      Woolworth’s Sit-in“Woolworth’s variety store was the scene of a pivotal event in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement on May 28, 1963. When three black Tougaloo College students sat down at...

                      • woolworth's
                      • sit-in
                      • civil rights
                      • integration
                      • jackson
                      • mississippi ...
                      • tougaloo college
                      • 1963

                      Charles Evans Hughes

                      New York, Home of Distinguished Americans Charles Evans Hughes April 11, 1862 - August 7, 1948 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1930-1941 Governor of New York,...

                      • charles evans hughes
                      • supreme court
                      • secretary of state
                      • governor
                      • court of int...

                      Japanese Pillbox White Beach, San Jose, Tacloban City

                      Submitted by JMatthewLara