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

This Buddha Was Biult for the Shonfa Temple

Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

    Crowley

    Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

    Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

    • crowley
    • lousiana
    • victorian
    • rice

    St. Charles Borromeo Church

      Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

      Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

    • louisiana
    • menard
    • beauvais
    • 1989

    Battle of Lafourche Crossing

    Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

    Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

    • louisiana
    • civil war
    • connecticut
    • opelousas
    • pyron
    • stickney
    • railroad

    Louisiana Memorial United Methodist Church

    Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

    Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

    • london
    • opelousas
    • church
    • methodist
    • bowman
    • whatcoat
    • ashbury
    • appelousas

    Confederate Mass Grave

    Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

    Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

    • london
    • bourbeux
    • roberts
    • texas
    • confderate
    • mass grave
    • grave
    • civil war

    Opelousas Colored School

      Site of first public school for People of Color in Opelousas. Also known as St. Landry Parish Training school. School constructed on property donated by the City of Opelousas in 1918. Sponsored...

      Site of first public school for People of Color in Opelousas. Also known as St. Landry Parish Training school. School constructed on property donated by the City of Opelousas in 1918. Sponsored...

    • lousiana
    • opelousas
    • colored school

    St. Landry Catholic Church

    Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

    Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

    • london
    • landry
    • catholic
    • parish
    • immaclate
    • opelousas
    • arpents
    • brick
    • rossi
    • engberink

    Emmanuel Baptist Church

    Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

    Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

    • louisiana
    • lafayette
    • 1955
    • baptist
    • church

    Dr. Lord Beaconsfield Landry

    Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

    Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

      Lake Pontchartrain

      LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN Traveled on by Iberville, 1699 and named for the French Minister of Marine. Indians called it Okwa-ta, wide water. First port of embarka-tion was at the site where Bayou St....

      LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN Traveled on by Iberville, 1699 and named for the French Minister of Marine. Indians called it Okwa-ta, wide water. First port of embarka-tion was at the site where Bayou...

      • pontchartrain
      • french
      • 1699
      • new orleans
      • lousisiana

      Grand Coteau

      GRAND COTEAU Early and important center of Catholic education. Noted for its Creole architecture. Town developed around Academy of Sacred Heart, founded in 1921, and St. Charles Jesuit  College,...

      GRAND COTEAU Early and important center of Catholic education. Noted for its Creole architecture. Town developed around Academy of Sacred Heart, founded in 1921, and St. Charles Jesuit  College,...

      • louisiana
      • catholic
      • creole
      • jesuit

      Livonia Mounds

      LIVONIA MOUNDS Three mound complex built between 700 AD and 1200 AD by the Coles Creek Culture.The largest mound is almost 31 feet tall. The mounds are believed to have likely served as a burial...

      LIVONIA MOUNDS Three mound complex built between 700 AD and 1200 AD by the Coles Creek Culture.The largest mound is almost 31 feet tall. The mounds are believed to have likely served as a burial...

      • mound
      • louisiana
      • native american

      Grace Episcopal Church

      Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

      Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

      • louisiana
      • protestant
      • polk
      • civil war

      West Feliciana Railroad

      Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

      Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

      • louisiana
      • st. francisville
      • woodville
      • cotton

      Southern University

      Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

      Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

      • baton rouge
      • lousiana
      • blacks
      • clark

      La Place des Creoles

      LA PLACE DES CREOLES Lifting up the Creole Community Founded March 18, 1991, to preserve and promote the history and culture of the Creoles (African - Americans) of the area. Submitted by...

      LA PLACE DES CREOLES Lifting up the Creole Community Founded March 18, 1991, to preserve and promote the history and culture of the Creoles (African - Americans) of the area. Submitted...

      • lousiana
      • lafayette
      • african-american
      • creoles

      Loge L'Humble Chaumiere

      Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

      Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

        Port Barre

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        Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

          James "Slim Harpo" Moore

          Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

          Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

          • lousiana
          • moore
          • harpo