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

Tom Mix, 1880-1940

"Thru you posterity shall glimpse the glory of the West that was."   Seen on a walking tour of the Fox movie lot in Century City, Los Angeles. Here's a bit more on the life and death of Tom Mix,...

"Thru you posterity shall glimpse the glory of the West that was."   Seen on a walking tour of the Fox movie lot in Century City, Los Angeles. Here's a bit more on the life and death of Tom Mix,...

  • hollywood
  • movie stars
  • movie studios
  • westerns
  • tom mix

Fossils in Montmartre

This plaque sits well above any viewer's head on a stone wall right near a staircase that leads up to the famous Sacré Coeur in Montmartre. It reads: "Ici était l'entrée des carrières de...

This plaque sits well above any viewer's head on a stone wall right near a staircase that leads up to the famous Sacré Coeur in Montmartre. It reads: "Ici était l'entrée des carrières de...

  • 1700s
  • paleontology
  • 1790s
  • france
  • montmartre
  • cuvier

Remembering Libero Grassi

To Libero Grassi entrepreneur, organizator of conscience Killed by the mafia for having defended his company and his workers against the racket of extortionists. To the everlasting memory placed...

To Libero Grassi entrepreneur, organizator of conscience Killed by the mafia for having defended his company and his workers against the racket of extortionists. To the everlasting memory placed...

  • palermo
  • italy
  • mafia
  • libero grassi
  • addiopizzo
  • palazzo delle aquile
  • town hall
  • sicily

Supreme Court Hotel

Built as legal offices by solicitor F.E. Paynter, who came 'not to crush quartz but to crush tyranny and injustice'. Opened as a hotel in March 1859. Submitted by @clean_pete.

Built as legal offices by solicitor F.E. Paynter, who came 'not to crush quartz but to crush tyranny and injustice'. Opened as a hotel in March 1859. Submitted by @clean_pete.

  • castlemaine
  • victoria
  • australia

Bloody Sunday Attack at Edmund Pettus Bridge

"BLOODY SUNDAY' ATTACK AT EDMUND PETTUS BRIDGE A voting registration campaign In 1965 turned tragic Feb. 17 when an Alabama state trooper fatally shot Jimmie Lee Jackson In Marion. It prompted a...

"BLOODY SUNDAY' ATTACK AT EDMUND PETTUS BRIDGE A voting registration campaign In 1965 turned tragic Feb. 17 when an Alabama state trooper fatally shot Jimmie Lee Jackson In Marion. It prompted...