Monuments to Nothing: The World's Plaques for Non-Events

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Monuments to Nothing: The World's Plaques for Non-Events

A roundup of plaques and monuments across Europe and beyond that commemorate nothing happening, from a Czech stone noting centuries of insignificance to a San Diego cafe sign marking 1897 as event-free. The collection highlights the humor in celebrating absence, with examples from Ireland, Luxembourg, and Colombia.

In this house, no important person was born, lived, and most importantly did not die, and that is why we live well here.
  1. layer8

    It’s curious how there seem to be so few combinations of place and time where nothing important happened.

  2. swader999

    I need this for some past companies I've worked at.

  3. tolugenius

    Funny, does anyone know the history of any of the markers? I'm just curious why this is global thing really.

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