Places & Stories · Every place has a story

Your travel map shows where you've been.Memory Pins let you relive what happened there.

Memory Pins are our first product from Places & Stories. Each pin carries its own quiet QR code — scan it with any phone and that place opens: photos, videos, dates and the story behind them.

No app required · Works with your phone's camera

Framed world map on a cream wall with small brass travel pins marking visited cities

The brand

Places & Stories

We make keepsakes that hold the story of a place, not just its name on a map. Every place has a story.

The product

Memory Pins

Our first product: small scannable pins for your map. One pin, one place, one memory you can open with any phone camera.

A phone held beside a cork travel map showing photos from a trip

One pin, one trip

Paris on your wall. Paris in your pocket.

A pin on Paris opens your Paris album. A pin on Rome opens Rome. Change a trip's photos, dates or story whenever you like — the pin never has to be replaced.

Made for phones
Pages open fast on cellular, with photos sized for the screen.
Yours to control
Keep a memory open to anyone who scans, or private to you alone.

How it works

Four steps, then it's yours forever.

  1. 01

    Pin it

    Place a Memory Pin on somewhere you've traveled.

  2. 02

    Scan it

    Scan the pin with your phone camera. No app needed.

  3. 03

    Add your memories

    Photos, videos, dates, location and story.

  4. 04

    Relive it

    Scan anytime and return straight to that trip.

A gift that keeps filling up.

Memory Pins are made for travellers, couples, families and anyone with a map on the wall and a camera roll worth revisiting.