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

The Pace Setter

    Charlestown Navy Shipbuilding Site

      Christ Church Oldest Church Building in Cambridge

        Michelle Gorman- McCabe

          The Cow Creeks

            Boston Naval Shipyard

              Play Place at the Union

                What is a Warhol

                  Boston, the Navy Yard, and the War of 1812

                    DEXTER PRATT HOUSE

                    DEXTER PRATT HOUSE HOME OF DEXTER PRATT THE "VILLAGE BLACKSMITH" IMMORTALIZED BY LONGFELLOW 1808

                    DEXTER PRATT HOUSE HOME OF DEXTER PRATT THE "VILLAGE BLACKSMITH" IMMORTALIZED BY LONGFELLOW 1808

                      Pedestrian Flag Program

                        Angel’s Flight

                        Built in 1901 by Colonel J. W. Eddy, lawyer, engineer, and friend of President Lincoln, Angel's Flight is said to be the world's shortest incorporated railway. The counterbalanced cars, controlled...

                        Built in 1901 by Colonel J. W. Eddy, lawyer, engineer, and friend of President Lincoln, Angel's Flight is said to be the world's shortest incorporated railway. The counterbalanced cars, controlled...

                        • los angeles
                        • transit
                        • funicular railroads
                        • angel’s flight

                        Cheshire Public Library Addition

                        CHESHIRE PUBLIC LIBRARY ADDITION 1996 SANDRA R. MOURIS, MAYOR: EDWARD T. O'NEILL. JR., TOWN MANAGER THOMAS F. CROWE, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR EMMETT SHUTTS, LIBRARY BOARD CHAIRMAN ANN S. WREGE,...

                        CHESHIRE PUBLIC LIBRARY ADDITION 1996 SANDRA R. MOURIS, MAYOR: EDWARD T. O'NEILL. JR., TOWN MANAGER THOMAS F. CROWE, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR EMMETT SHUTTS, LIBRARY BOARD CHAIRMAN ANN S. WREGE,...

                        • library
                        • cheshire
                        • connecticut

                        Sherman Line Rosenwald School

                        The Sherman Line Rosenwald School was established in 1928 for the education of black youth in the Sherman community from Pike and Amite counties. Partial funding for the school was provided by the...

                        The Sherman Line Rosenwald School was established in 1928 for the education of black youth in the Sherman community from Pike and Amite counties. Partial funding for the school was provided by...

                        • mississippi
                        • rosenwald school
                        • education
                        • pike county
                        • amite county

                        Sergei Vassilevich Rachmaninoff

                        Sergei Vassilevich Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Lived in this building during the last seventeen years of his life. The Russian-born composer, pianist and conductor settled in New York in 1916. He...

                        Sergei Vassilevich Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Lived in this building during the last seventeen years of his life. The Russian-born composer, pianist and conductor settled in New York in 1916. He...

                        • rachmaninoff
                        • composer
                        • pianist

                        Babe Ruth lived here, and there

                        George Herman Ruth -- The Babe Resided here until his death in 1948. 110-118 Riverside Drive

                        George Herman Ruth -- The Babe Resided here until his death in 1948. 110-118 Riverside Drive

                        • babe ruth
                        • baseball

                        Bo Diddley

                        FrontAcclaimed as the father of rock and roll, Bo Diddley (Ellas Bates McDaniel) was born near Magnolia, south of McComb, on December 30, 1928. Diddley wrote and recorded such hits as "I'm A Man",...

                        FrontAcclaimed as the father of rock and roll, Bo Diddley (Ellas Bates McDaniel) was born near Magnolia, south of McComb, on December 30, 1928. Diddley wrote and recorded such hits as "I'm A Man",...

                        • mississippi
                        • blues trail
                        • rock
                        • pike county

                        The Legacy of the Medicine Lake Volcano

                          Medicine Lake Volcano: Colossus of the Cascades

                            Lava Beds National Monument: Insight into the View