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

Napoleon

The town of Napoleon was first settled here in 1767 as a 640-acre British land grant to John Claudius Favre. In 1861 it was sold to Simon Favre, who built his home and businesses here. Residents...

The town of Napoleon was first settled here in 1767 as a 640-acre British land grant to John Claudius Favre. In 1861 it was sold to Simon Favre, who built his home and businesses here. Residents...

  • mississippi
  • early settlement
  • space

Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial

San Augustine, TexasFebruary 1, 2003Space Shuttle ColumbiaForever in Our Hearts Ilan Ramon - Payload Specialist 1Laurel Clark - Mission Specialist 4Michael P. Anderson - Payload Commander 1Rick...

San Augustine, TexasFebruary 1, 2003Space Shuttle ColumbiaForever in Our Hearts Ilan Ramon - Payload Specialist 1Laurel Clark - Mission Specialist 4Michael P. Anderson - Payload Commander...

  • space
  • disaster
  • space shuttle

Santa Rosa

The town of Santa Rosa, once located here, encompassed stores, a church, a post office, the one- room Aaron Academy, and Turtle Skin Cemetery. Its residents were relocated in 1961 to make way for...

The town of Santa Rosa, once located here, encompassed stores, a church, a post office, the one- room Aaron Academy, and Turtle Skin Cemetery. Its residents were relocated in 1961 to make way for...

  • mississippi
  • nasa
  • space
  • settlement
  • cemetery

Mission (Mercury) Control Center

Submitted by @julia_bergeron

Submitted by @julia_bergeron

  • mercury
  • space
  • nasa

Deep Space Station 43, 'Ballima'

Plaque outside the visitors centre at the Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex (part of NASA's Deep Space Network), commemorating the opening of the 70 metre DSS 43 antenna. DEEP SPACE...

Plaque outside the visitors centre at the Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex (part of NASA's Deep Space Network), commemorating the opening of the 70 metre DSS 43 antenna. DEEP SPACE...

  • nasa
  • space
  • whitlam
  • canberra
  • australia

Kennedy Space Center

To all of the individuals whose years of dedicated service turned the dream  of the Space Shuttle program into a reality  Dedicated June 2013   Submitted by Gilda Spitz

To all of the individuals whose years of dedicated service turned the dream  of the Space Shuttle program into a reality  Dedicated June 2013   Submitted by Gilda Spitz

  • nasa
  • space
  • space shuttle
  • shuttle
  • florida
  • kennedy

Keweenaw Rocket Range

THE KEWEENAW ROCKET RANGE THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ESTABLISHED A ROCKET RANGE ON THIS SITE WHICH WAS USED FROM 1964-1971. MICHIGAN'S FIRST ROCKET TO ENTER SPACE WAS LAUNCHED FROM THIS SITE ON JAN....

THE KEWEENAW ROCKET RANGE THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ESTABLISHED A ROCKET RANGE ON THIS SITE WHICH WAS USED FROM 1964-1971. MICHIGAN'S FIRST ROCKET TO ENTER SPACE WAS LAUNCHED FROM THIS SITE ON...

  • keweenaw
  • michigan
  • rocket
  • nasa
  • space

Grissom Hall

GRISSOM HALL NAMED IN HONOR OF VIRGIL I. GRISSOM, LIEUTENANT COLONEL, U.S.A.F., ENGINEER, PILOT, AND TRAILBLAZER OF SPACE. HIS DEATH ON JANUARY 27, 1967, WAS THE TRAGICALLY HIGH PRICE HIS NATION...

GRISSOM HALL NAMED IN HONOR OF VIRGIL I. GRISSOM, LIEUTENANT COLONEL, U.S.A.F., ENGINEER, PILOT, AND TRAILBLAZER OF SPACE. HIS DEATH ON JANUARY 27, 1967, WAS THE TRAGICALLY HIGH PRICE HIS NATION...

  • virgil gus grissom
  • purdue university
  • west lafayette
  • indiana
  • astronaut
  • space

Soyuz Test Project Plaque

More information here: Soyuz Test Project By NASA - NASA Image of the Day, Public Domain. Submitted by @KurtKohlstedt 

More information here: Soyuz Test Project By NASA - NASA Image of the Day, Public Domain. Submitted by @KurtKohlstedt 

  • space
  • soyuz
  • apollo
  • space
  • astronaut

Kepler Spacecraft Plaque

A plaque on the body of the Kepler Spacecraft listing many of the people involved in the project

A plaque on the body of the Kepler Spacecraft listing many of the people involved in the project

  • space
  • kepler
  • exoplanet