Plaques

An engraved granite slab claims to mark the location where Leif Erikson built his house in the year 1000.

Playful installation outside a Pittsburgh art gallery might feature the world's longest historic-plaque text.

A plaque honoring those who, in 1963, changed civil rights in Britain.

A small memorial dedicated to a man purportedly killed when a meteor the size of an SUV crashed into him.

A remembrance of the local Scottish victims of the Lockerbie Bombing Incident in the now-restored neighborhood.

In the middle of a wonderful recreational park, this memorial reminds us of the dark past of this place.

This modest monument marks the only point of intersection between longitude and latitude in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Commemorating the "Little Giant" who ran for the presidency.

A tribute to one of Coplay’s best athletes and beloved sons.

A small maritime town's own way of memorializing the local lives spent at sea.

This blue plaque memorializes the first person to be murdered on a railway train.

Celebrating the man behind the Mangrove, a restaurant that became a crucial hub for Black activism in London.

The only monument in Slovenia celebrating the famous writer, who stayed there for one night entirely by mistake.

Outside a historic fort stands a replica of the “tree of repentance” where criminals were publicly punished.

At a bridge over the Humber river, markers show the effects of the deadliest hurricane in Canadian history.

This mysterious sign claims an American astronomer haunts the building—but is it true?

Mysterious markers have been giving the public a lesson in dendrochronology for over a century.

This sign marks the start and end of Matt Green's nearly 10,000-mile quest to walk every block of every street in New York City.