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

Peace 平和

In 1992, Yoshihiro Hattori, a 16-year-old exchange student from Japan, was shot and killed when he accidentally approached the wrong house on his way to a party in Baton Rouge.   In his memory,...

In 1992, Yoshihiro Hattori, a 16-year-old exchange student from Japan, was shot and killed when he accidentally approached the wrong house on his way to a party in Baton Rouge.   In his memory,...

  • louisiana
  • baton rouge
  • crime
  • peace

Nightriders

The Harrisonburg Road was a wagon trail in the 1800s that connected the Natchez Trace to the El Camino Real. This section of the road, along the border of Grant Parish and Winn Parish, is where...

The Harrisonburg Road was a wagon trail in the 1800s that connected the Natchez Trace to the El Camino Real. This section of the road, along the border of Grant Parish and Winn Parish, is...

  • louisiana
  • crime

Jere Melo

Not a plaque, exactly, but rather a modest plate on a park bench overlooking the Pacific in Fort Bragg. The text: Dedicated to Jere Melo (1941-2011) Mayor of Fort Bragg and long-time City Council...

Not a plaque, exactly, but rather a modest plate on a park bench overlooking the Pacific in Fort Bragg. The text: Dedicated to Jere Melo (1941-2011) Mayor of Fort Bragg and long-time City Council...

  • fort bragg
  • mendocino county
  • california
  • crime

The Black Sox Scandal

It was here at the Boston Hotel Buckminster on September 18, 1919, in one of the hotel's guest rooms that the Chicago White Sox first baseman Chick Gandil and bookmaker-gambler Joseph "Sport"...

It was here at the Boston Hotel Buckminster on September 18, 1919, in one of the hotel's guest rooms that the Chicago White Sox first baseman Chick Gandil and bookmaker-gambler Joseph...

  • boston
  • massachusetts
  • baseball
  • crime

Lima Bank Robbed

LIMA BANK ROBBED THIS VAULT WAS IN THE BANK OF LIMA AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST BANK ROBBERY IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY FEB 6, 1915  Here's history with a small h, equivalent to a...

LIMA BANK ROBBED THIS VAULT WAS IN THE BANK OF LIMA AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST BANK ROBBERY IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY FEB 6, 1915  Here's history with a small h, equivalent to a...

  • robbery
  • lima
  • new york
  • crime
  • bank alan reno

Julio A. Mella plaques

Left: "El tiempo joven no muere" De la FED de Cuba a Mella en el 61 aniversario de su muerte 10 de enero de 1991 Right: 1904-1929 Julio A Mella Revolucionario cu-bano asesinado en este lugar el 10...

Left: "El tiempo joven no muere" De la FED de Cuba a Mella en el 61 aniversario de su muerte 10 de enero de 1991 Right: 1904-1929 Julio A Mella Revolucionario cu-bano asesinado en este lugar el 10...

  • cuba
  • mexico
  • revolucion
  • julio a mella
  • murder
  • crime
  • assasination
  • cuban revolution

Memorial plaque to Mr and Mrs Cheyney, St Lawrence's Church, Parsonage Lane, Hungerford

Guarded by spiders, the memorial immortalises William and Ann Cheyney who were 'barbarously murdered' on 11 December 1762. The perpetrator was never apprehended Link More about the church below. ©...

Guarded by spiders, the memorial immortalises William and Ann Cheyney who were 'barbarously murdered' on 11 December 1762. The perpetrator was never apprehended Link More about the church below. ©...

  • memorial
  • people
  • events
  • religious sites
  • geograph
  • crime
  • historic sit...
  • suburb
  • urban fringe
  • church