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

Cushing Memorial Amphitheater

    Mill Valley Mt Tamalpais and Scenic Railway

      The Greatest Sightseeing Trip on Earth

        The Tavern, the Arch, and the Dance Pavilion

          Gravity Cars -- "Turn on the Gravity"

            Verna Dunshee Memorial Trail

              Matt, Eli, Jim, Ian

                Castro Valley Center for the Arts

                  Castro Valley Fire Protection District Station No. 2

                    Fleet City 1943 - 1946: Shoemaker, California

                      Pleasanton Veterans Plaza

                        Port Sulphur

                        Hub of the Louisiana sulphur industry. Built in 1932-33 by Freeport Sulphur Company to logistically support Grand Ecaille mine, world's second largest Frasch sulphur mine. It was located in Lake...

                        Hub of the Louisiana sulphur industry. Built in 1932-33 by Freeport Sulphur Company to logistically support Grand Ecaille mine, world's second largest Frasch sulphur mine. It was located in Lake...

                        • louisiana
                        • mining
                        • industry
                        • town

                        Plaquemines Parish

                        Plaquemines Parish was founded on March 31, 1807 stretching from English Turn south 100 miles along both banks of the Mississippi River. The name originates from plakamin, the Mobile Indian word...

                        Plaquemines Parish was founded on March 31, 1807 stretching from English Turn south 100 miles along both banks of the Mississippi River. The name originates from plakamin, the Mobile Indian...

                        • louisiana
                        • plaquemines parish

                        U.S. Marine Hospital

                        Completed in 1849, this three-story building treatedsailors until abandoned after the 1858 Belle Crevasse.During the War Between the States, gunpowder wasmanufactured at the site and arson was...

                        Completed in 1849, this three-story building treatedsailors until abandoned after the 1858 Belle Crevasse.During the War Between the States, gunpowder wasmanufactured at the site and arson was...

                        • louisiana
                        • civil war
                        • hospital

                        1893 Hurricane

                        The 1893 Hurricane hit south Louisiana on the night of October 1 claiming over 2000 lives. One of the survivors was 25 year old Paul Harris who was working as an orange picker on the Pizzati...

                        The 1893 Hurricane hit south Louisiana on the night of October 1 claiming over 2000 lives. One of the survivors was 25 year old Paul Harris who was working as an orange picker on the...

                        • louisiana
                        • hurricane
                        • disaster
                        • rotary club
                        • rotary international

                        John P. Hale

                        THE MEASURE OF MY AMBITION WILL BE FULL WHEN WY WIFE AND CHILDREN SHALL REPAIR TO MY GRAVE TO DROP THE TEAR OF AFFECTION TO MY MEMORY THEY MAY READ ON MY TOMBSTONE. HE WHO LIES BENEATH SURRENDERED...

                        THE MEASURE OF MY AMBITION WILL BE FULL WHEN WY WIFE AND CHILDREN SHALL REPAIR TO MY GRAVE TO DROP THE TEAR OF AFFECTION TO MY MEMORY THEY MAY READ ON MY TOMBSTONE. HE WHO LIES BENEATH...

                          Pioneer Cairn Plaza

                          The Pioneer Cairn Plaza The Dominion Land Survey of 1869 providedan organized method of legally diving thevast expanses of the Canadian West. Thetownship consisting of 36 sections wasthe base unit...

                          The Pioneer Cairn Plaza The Dominion Land Survey of 1869 providedan organized method of legally diving thevast expanses of the Canadian West. Thetownship consisting of 36 sections wasthe base unit...

                          • saskatoon
                          • pioneer
                          • cairn
                          • yxe
                          • dominionlandsurvey

                          Lafayette's Tour, NY

                            Olivier Plantation House & St. Mary's Orphanage

                            Located on this site from ca. 1820 to 1949 stood the original David Olivier creole-style plantation house. It was purchased by The New Orleans Catholic Association for the Relief of Male Orphans...

                            Located on this site from ca. 1820 to 1949 stood the original David Olivier creole-style plantation house. It was purchased by The New Orleans Catholic Association for the Relief of Male Orphans...

                            • louisiana
                            • new orleans
                            • religion
                            • plantation

                            Basin Street

                            Buried in the ground beneath in the ground beneath our feet and embodied in the architecture reaching toward the sky are the remnants of New Orleans' history. The Basin Street area is no...

                            Buried in the ground beneath in the ground beneath our feet and embodied in the architecture reaching toward the sky are the remnants of New Orleans' history. The Basin Street area is no...

                            • louisiana
                            • new orleans