Futility Closet presents a collection of places and signs marking events that never occurred. In Recess, County Galway, Ireland, and Aspelt, Luxembourg, ordinary locations carry no historical weight. The Czech Republic features several examples: Bechyne displays a sign stating no important person was born, lived, or died there; Záblatí-Hlásná Lhota claims nothing significant has happened for centuries; Míšov humorously notes that Jára Cimrman barely missed historical importance on May 8, 1915.

Other notable mentions include O'Hungry's Café in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park, York, Western Australia, and Villa de Leyva, Boyacá Department, Colombia, where a sign declares that on October 13, 1825, nothing happened and no one important was born.

These locations celebrate non-events and unimportance, creating a whimsical archive of historical nothingness.