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

John B. Allen School

  • seattle
  • school
  • 1904

Bergen Place

 In honor of Seattle's sister city in Norway.  

 In honor of Seattle's sister city in Norway.

  • seattle
  • ballard
  • king of norway
  • 1975

Scandinavian- American Bank

Plaque text: For over two decades the Ballard branch of the Scandinavian-American Bank operated out of this Second Empire Baroque structure, which was built in 1902. Originally incorporated in...

Plaque text: For over two decades the Ballard branch of the Scandinavian-American Bank operated out of this Second Empire Baroque structure, which was built in 1902. Originally incorporated...

  • ballard
  • seattle
  • bank
  • scandinavian...

Eagle Building

Plaque text: --- Built for Fitzgerald and Hynes Department Store for a total of $15,000, this building was dedicated in February of 1909. The department store was located on the ground floor. The...

Plaque text: --- Built for Fitzgerald and Hynes Department Store for a total of $15,000, this building was dedicated in February of 1909. The department store was located on the ground floor. The...

  • ballard
  • seattle
  • landmark
  • brick
  • 1908

Enquist Block

One of a series of historical markers placed on contributing buildings in Seattle's Ballard Avenue Historic District in 2007 by the Ballard Historical Society. Plaque text: In 1898 Swedish...

One of a series of historical markers placed on contributing buildings in Seattle's Ballard Avenue Historic District in 2007 by the Ballard Historical Society. Plaque text: In 1898...

  • seattle
  • ballard
  • historic district
  • landmark
  • brick

The History of Lenin in Fremont

Submitted by Nick Bateman

Submitted by Nick Bateman

  • lenin
  • statue
  • sculpture
  • communism
  • soviet

Lenin in Fremont

  http://fremont.com/about/lenin/ There was plaque next to it. But I thought photo submitted should have to be the image of the dictator.

  http://fremont.com/about/lenin/ There was plaque next to it. But I thought photo submitted should have to be the image of the dictator.

  • communist
  • dictator
  • statue

Lenin Statue

This is not V.I. Lenin This statue is hollow. Inside are six inches of water in ditch along a country road just outside of the small village of Russia, Ohio, a boy in a threadbare sweater, his...

This is not V.I. Lenin This statue is hollow. Inside are six inches of water in ditch along a country road just outside of the small village of Russia, Ohio, a boy in a threadbare...

  • lenin
  • fremont
  • washington
  • poem
  • russia
  • ohio

The Fremont Troll

The Fremont Troll  (c) Steve Badanes, Will Martin, and Ross Whitehead, 1990 The Fremont Troll was designed and built by Steve Badanes, Will Martin, Donna Walter and Ross Whitehead, with help from...

The Fremont Troll  (c) Steve Badanes, Will Martin, and Ross Whitehead, 1990 The Fremont Troll was designed and built by Steve Badanes, Will Martin, Donna Walter and Ross Whitehead, with help...

  • fremont
  • washington
  • seattle
  • accu-line
  • etched plaque
  • troll
  • i-5
  • highway 99

Henry Suzzallo Library

  • seattle
  • washington
  • library
  • suzzallo
  • university

Chittenden Locks and Lake Washington Ship Canal

  • seattle
  • ballard
  • washington
  • locks
  • gardens

The Carl S. English, Jr. Gardens

  • seattle
  • ballard
  • washington
  • locks
  • gardens

Hiram M. Chittenden Locks

By the Ballard Locks: "Historical Point of Interest Commemorating the 50th anniversary ofthe Hiram M. Chittenden Locks. Dedicated in 1917, the locks have servedboth pleasure and commercial craft...

By the Ballard Locks: "Historical Point of Interest Commemorating the 50th anniversary ofthe Hiram M. Chittenden Locks. Dedicated in 1917, the locks have servedboth pleasure and commercial craft...

  • seattle
  • locks
  • ballard
  • chittenden

Indian Fishing RIghts

    Fish Ladder Plaza

      Thomas Heinrich Petersen

        The Lake Washington Ship Canal Fish Ladder

        • anadromous

        Honor Award - Landscape Architecture

          George Washington Statue, University of Washington

          "Presented to the University of WashingtonJune 14, 1909 by Rainier Chapter Daughtersof the American Revolution. Assisted by thesons and daughters of the American Revolutionby the school children...

          "Presented to the University of WashingtonJune 14, 1909 by Rainier Chapter Daughtersof the American Revolution. Assisted by thesons and daughters of the American Revolutionby the school children...

          • seattle
          • washington
          • george washington
          • statue

          Lincoln Brigade, University of Washington

          VOLUNTARIOUS INTERNACIONALES DE LA LIBERTAD  "YOU ARE HISTORY, YOU ARE LEGEND"  10,000 international volunteers came to the defence of the Spanish Republic when Franco, Hitler and Mussolini...

          VOLUNTARIOUS INTERNACIONALES DE LA LIBERTAD  "YOU ARE HISTORY, YOU ARE LEGEND"  10,000 international volunteers came to the defence of the Spanish Republic when Franco, Hitler and...

          • seattle
          • washington
          • lincoln
          • spanish civil war
          • franco
          • hitler
          • mussolini
          • lincoln bridge