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

Callendar, McAuslan & Troop Building

CALLENDAR, MCAUSLAN & TROOP BUILDING ARCHITECTS WILLIAM R. WALKER & SON   1873, 1892Submitted by @lampbane

  • rhode island
  • providence
  • william walker
  • 1873
  • 1892

Ira Gershwin birthplace

Ira Gershwin Born here 12/ /6/1896Not for a year but ever and a day

    Savannah in the American Revolution

      Ernest V. Cowell Memorial Hospital

      SITE OF THE ERNEST V COWELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 1930-1993 BUILT FOR THE STUDENT HEALTH SERVICE ORIGINAL LOCATION OF THE PHYSICALLY DISABLED STUDENTS RESIDENCE PROGRAM 1962-1975

      • physically d...

      Lafayette's Tour

      On April 18, 1825, General Lafayette visited Natchez, spoke on the Bluff, dined at The Steamboat Hotel & attended a ball at Traveller's Lodge.

      • mississippi
      • natchez
      • adams county
      • general lafayette

      Fred Carter, Jr.

      A virtuoso guitarist, songwriter, producer, recording artist & rock and roll pioneer.Fred worked with the Louisiana Hayride, The Band, Conway Twitty, Bob Dylan, Johnny & June Carter Cash, Roy...

      • louisiana
      • franklin parish
      • music
      • musician
      • rock and roll
      • country and western

      The Parsonage

      Built 1852 on land donated by Peter Little to the Methodist Church because of his young wife Eliza's deep religious devotion.

      • mississippi
      • religion
      • natchez

      Donahue Ferry Road

      In the early 1800s, area residents developed what became one of the oldest named roads in Rapides Parish. Crossing the Little River at Donahue Ferry in Bob, LA, the road linked Central Louisiana...

      • louisiana
      • pineville
      • ferry
      • road
      • rapides parish

      Richard Wright

      Richard Nathaniel Wright was born in Roxie, near Natchez, in 1908. In his youth, he suffered poverty, racism, and being shuffled between an orphanage and the homes of relatives. In Jackson, he was...

      • mississippi
      • writer
      • novelist
      • african american

      Intersection of South Broadway and Washington streets

      Edelweiss is a Swiss Chalet-style building which dates to 1883. The house offered both a great view of the Mississippi River and a convenient location for the family of its first owner, Joseph...

      • mississippi
      • natchez
      • adams county
      • streets
      • architecture

      Most Holy Redeemer

      MOST HOLY REDEEMER ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH PARISH ESTABLISHED NOVEMBER 24, 1900 BUILDING ERECTED 1901 AND FIRST DEDICATED JANUARY 12, 1902 MOST REV, PATRICK W. RIORDAN SECOND ARCHBISHOP OF...

        Brisbane Community Pool

        BRISBANE COMMUNITY POOL Dedicated to the people of Brisbane this 5th Day of August 2000

          Scarboro Hill

          Submitted by @Paulsfenton.

            Eddie Van Halen

            Submitted by @BLABBERMOUTHNET.

            • van halen
            • guitar
            • netherlands

            Pinacate