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

The Italian Fishermen Who Commercially Fished These Shores

    Yuba City High School A Capella Choir of 1976

      Amtrak Improvement

        SOUTHERN PACIFIC R.R. DEPOT

        SOUTHERN PACIFIC R.R. DEPOT FIRST LOCATED HERE APRIL 28, 1876 BY CENTRAL PACIFIC R.R. FIRST PASSENGER TRAIN PASSED THROUGH ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1877 WITH LELAND STANFORD ABOARD. HISTORIC MARKER NO. VI...

        SOUTHERN PACIFIC R.R. DEPOT FIRST LOCATED HERE APRIL 28, 1876 BY CENTRAL PACIFIC R.R. FIRST PASSENGER TRAIN PASSED THROUGH ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1877 WITH LELAND STANFORD ABOARD. HISTORIC MARKER NO. VI...

          Martinez Troops In Transit Canteen

            Borland Home

            BORLAND HOME THIS VICTORIAN COTTAGE WAS THE HOME or THE ROBERT BORLAND FAMILY. BUILT IN 1890 BY DR JOHN S. MOORE, D.D.S., AND ORIGINALLY USED AS BIS DENTAL OFFICE, THE PROPERTY WAS INHERITED BY...

            BORLAND HOME THIS VICTORIAN COTTAGE WAS THE HOME or THE ROBERT BORLAND FAMILY. BUILT IN 1890 BY DR JOHN S. MOORE, D.D.S., AND ORIGINALLY USED AS BIS DENTAL OFFICE, THE PROPERTY WAS INHERITED BY...

              MARTINEZ MEMORIAL BUILDING

              MARTINEZ MEMORIAL BUILDING A MEMORIAL TO THE 76 SERVICEMEN WHO DIED IN WORLD WAR ONE. COMMISSIONED BY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN 1923 ON FORMER S. BLUM BARN PROPERTY. NOW COMMEMORATES THE...

              MARTINEZ MEMORIAL BUILDING A MEMORIAL TO THE 76 SERVICEMEN WHO DIED IN WORLD WAR ONE. COMMISSIONED BY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN 1923 ON FORMER S. BLUM BARN PROPERTY. NOW COMMEMORATES THE...

                In Honor of Gaylord and Irene Davis

                  Alice Grau

                  In Recognition of ALICE GRAU (1935 – 2015) Alice Grau was a woman who believed passionately in protecting the environment. In 1992, Alice founded the Kent- Harrison Green Legacy Society to promote...

                  In Recognition of ALICE GRAU (1935 – 2015) Alice Grau was a woman who believed passionately in protecting the environment. In 1992, Alice founded the Kent- Harrison Green Legacy Society to...

                    Golfbak Waterloopbos

                    This is one of a series of plaques situated in the "waterloopbos". This place was used as a big open-air laboratory with (large) scale models to study waves and water movements in harbours...

                    This is one of a series of plaques situated in the "waterloopbos". This place was used as a big open- air laboratory with (large) scale models to study waves and water movements in harbours...

                    • waterloopbos
                    • give back to nature
                    • dutch waterways
                    • inustrial heritage

                    Site of Higgins' Industries at Delgado Trade School

                    On this site between August 1941 and August 1945, the City Park Plant of Higgins Industries, Incorporated mass produced more than 12,000 landing craft and approximately 200 PT boats for the Allied...

                    On this site between August 1941 and August 1945, the City Park Plant of Higgins Industries, Incorporated mass produced more than 12,000 landing craft and approximately 200 PT boats for the Allied...

                    • louisiana
                    • new orleans
                    • world war ii
                    • wwii
                    • higgins boat

                    Saltonstall's Sloops-of-War

                      Camp Anderson

                      CAMP ANDERSON One of three Civil War training camps in La Porte County. Site is one fourth mile west. Named for Colonel Edward Anderson. Used 1863- 1864 to train Indiana Union volunteers of the...

                      CAMP ANDERSON One of three Civil War training camps in La Porte County. Site is one fourth mile west. Named for Colonel Edward Anderson. Used 1863- 1864 to train Indiana Union volunteers of the...

                        Ulysses Simpson Grant

                        ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT A GRANDSON OF NOAH GRANT WHO WAS BORN AT TOLLAND. CONNECTICUT AND SERVED IN THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION. HE WAS A DIRECT DESCENDANT FROM MATTHEW GRANT, ONE OF THE FIRST...

                        ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT A GRANDSON OF NOAH GRANT WHO WAS BORN AT TOLLAND. CONNECTICUT AND SERVED IN THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION. HE WAS A DIRECT DESCENDANT FROM MATTHEW GRANT, ONE OF THE FIRST...

                          BETHESDA FOUNTAIN AND TERRACE

                            Japanese Attack

                            On this day in 1942, at 7:00 PM, during one of President Roosevelt’s Fireside Chats, the Japanese submarine I-17 shelled this Richfield Oil Field site with 25 5-inch rounds. Not since the War of...

                            On this day in 1942, at 7:00 PM, during one of President Roosevelt’s Fireside Chats, the Japanese submarine I-17 shelled this Richfield Oil Field site with 25 5-inch rounds. Not since the War...

                              Castro Rainbow Flag

                                Richmond Shipyards Workhorses

                                  Titanic last port of call

                                  Submitted by Rob Sweeney

                                  Submitted by Rob Sweeney

                                    Rotary Centennial Sculpture

                                    honors Rotary International’s commitment to the children of the world as exemplified by three outstanding Rotary District 6780 leaders, William T. Sergeant, who headed Rotary’s global polio...

                                    honors Rotary International’s commitment to the children of the world as exemplified by three outstanding Rotary District 6780 leaders, William T. Sergeant, who headed Rotary’s global...

                                    • knoxville
                                    • statue
                                    • park
                                    • tennessee