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World Landmark Jigsaw Puzzles

Twenty-five of the places everyone means when they say they want to travel — the Eiffel Tower over the Trocadéro, the Taj Mahal at dawn, Machu Picchu as the cloud breaks, Petra glowing through the slot canyon, the moai of Rapa Nui at sunrise — and with them the whole Europe and city collections, so the travel wall holds every destination on the site. Free in your browser, 12 to 200 pieces.

Eiffel Tower jigsaw puzzle
Eiffel Tower
The tower above the Trocadéro fountains in evening rose and gold.
The Colosseum jigsaw puzzle
The Colosseum
Rome's arena mirrored in rain-washed stone at golden hour.
Taj Mahal jigsaw puzzle
Taj Mahal
White marble and its long reflecting pool at dawn.
Great Wall of China jigsaw puzzle
Great Wall of China
The wall riding autumn ridgelines into morning mist at Mutianyu.
Machu Picchu jigsaw puzzle
Machu Picchu
The stone city on its saddle as clouds break over the peaks.
Petra jigsaw puzzle
Petra
The Treasury glowing rose through the canyon slot, camels waiting.
Angkor Wat jigsaw puzzle
Angkor Wat
The temple towers doubled in a lotus pond at sunrise.
Pyramids of Giza jigsaw puzzle
Pyramids of Giza
The three pyramids over open sand, a camel train passing.
Christ the Redeemer jigsaw puzzle
Christ the Redeemer
Arms wide over Rio as sunset floods the bay below.
Sydney Opera House jigsaw puzzle
Sydney Opera House
The white sails and Harbour Bridge across evening water.
Statue of Liberty jigsaw puzzle
Statue of Liberty
Liberty green against the Manhattan skyline and a gull-crossed sky.
Golden Gate Bridge jigsaw puzzle
Golden Gate Bridge
The red towers rising from a river of fog.
Palace of Westminster jigsaw puzzle
Palace of Westminster
Big Ben and Parliament gilded at blue hour on the Thames.
Sagrada Família jigsaw puzzle
Sagrada Família
Gaudí's spires above spring blossoms, mirrored in the park pond.
Burj Khalifa jigsaw puzzle
Burj Khalifa
The world's tallest tower catching the last violet of dusk.
Easter Island jigsaw puzzle
Easter Island
The fifteen moai of Ahu Tongariki against a sunrise sky.
The Acropolis jigsaw puzzle
The Acropolis
The Parthenon on its rock over Athens in storm-broken light.
Neuschwanstein in Autumn jigsaw puzzle
Neuschwanstein in Autumn
The fairy-tale castle over gold forest, fresh snow on the peaks.
Chichén Itzá jigsaw puzzle
Chichén Itzá
El Castillo under a clearing storm, a rainbow landing behind.
Mont-Saint-Michel jigsaw puzzle
Mont-Saint-Michel
The abbey island doubled in wet sand at low-tide sunset.
Leaning Tower of Pisa jigsaw puzzle
Leaning Tower of Pisa
The tower, duomo and roses under a blue Tuscan sky.
Brandenburg Gate jigsaw puzzle
Brandenburg Gate
The quadriga above the gate in soft Berlin winter light.
Potala Palace jigsaw puzzle
Potala Palace
The palace of Lhasa mirrored in still water, autumn gold below.
Oia at Midday jigsaw puzzle
Oia at Midday
Blue domes and bougainvillea above the caldera's deep blue.
Fuji and the Pagoda jigsaw puzzle
Fuji and the Pagoda
The Chureito Pagoda and cherry blossoms framing Mount Fuji.
Paris jigsaw puzzle
Paris
The Eiffel Tower across the Trocadéro, the whole city stretched behind it.
Rome jigsaw puzzle
Rome
The Colosseum and the Forum, two thousand years of stone in one frame.
Venice jigsaw puzzle
Venice
Palazzi and gondolas along the Grand Canal.
Santorini jigsaw puzzle
Santorini
Whitewashed Oia tumbling down the caldera above a blue Aegean.
Prague jigsaw puzzle
Prague
Charles Bridge leading the eye up to Prague Castle.
Neuschwanstein jigsaw puzzle
Neuschwanstein
The fairy-tale castle on its Bavarian crag above the forest.
Lauterbrunnen jigsaw puzzle
Lauterbrunnen
Staubbach Falls dropping into the green Swiss valley below the cliffs.
Cliffs of Moher jigsaw puzzle
Cliffs of Moher
Ireland's Atlantic edge, sheer green cliffs falling into the sea.
Hallstatt jigsaw puzzle
Hallstatt
The lakeside village mirrored in the Hallstätter See.
Meteora jigsaw puzzle
Meteora
Monasteries perched on sandstone pillars as the sun breaks through.
Amsterdam jigsaw puzzle
Amsterdam
Gabled houses, bicycles and bridges along the historic canal ring.
Dubrovnik jigsaw puzzle
Dubrovnik
Terracotta roofs inside the city walls, the Adriatic beyond.
Edinburgh jigsaw puzzle
Edinburgh
The castle on its volcanic rock above the Scottish skyline.
Sagrada Família jigsaw puzzle
Sagrada Família
Gaudí's towers rising over the Barcelona rooftops.
Lago di Braies jigsaw puzzle
Lago di Braies
Wooden boats on glass-still water beneath the Dolomites.
Italian Piazza Café jigsaw puzzle
Italian Piazza Café
First light on a piazza café — ochre houses, geraniums, and the lake still flat behind.
Rainy Café jigsaw puzzle
Rainy Café
A red awning and warm windows doubled in the wet street at blue hour.
Viennese Coffeehouse jigsaw puzzle
Viennese Coffeehouse
Chandeliers, checkerboard marble and red velvet booths in a grand old coffeehouse.
Turkish Coffee jigsaw puzzle
Turkish Coffee
The cezve poured into painted cups on a mosaic table under bougainvillea.
Mediterranean Espresso jigsaw puzzle
Mediterranean Espresso
Espresso and lemons on a tiled terrace above a cliffside town and a very blue bay.
Spring Village Market jigsaw puzzle
Spring Village Market
A rain-washed spring market street stacked with eggs and daffodils.
Blossom Canal Ride jigsaw puzzle
Blossom Canal Ride
A couple cycling the canal path under a mile of cherry blossoms.
Paris Fireworks jigsaw puzzle
Paris Fireworks
Fireworks over the Eiffel Tower, watched from across the Seine.
Venice New Year jigsaw puzzle
Venice New Year
A canal-side Venetian celebration, fireworks in the water.
Seaside Breakfast jigsaw puzzle
Seaside Breakfast
Breakfast on a bougainvillea terrace above a Mediterranean bay.
Tower of Hercules jigsaw puzzle
Tower of Hercules
The Roman lighthouse of A Coruña — nineteen centuries on watch.
Neist Point jigsaw puzzle
Neist Point
Skye's clifftop light at the end of its knife-edge headland.
La Jument jigsaw puzzle
La Jument
The Brittany storm-rider mid-wave, sea exploding at its base.
Chania Lighthouse jigsaw puzzle
Chania Lighthouse
The Venetian harbor light of Crete glowing over evening water.
The Alpine Express jigsaw puzzle
The Alpine Express
A red Swiss train threading a cliff line through the high Alps.
New York City jigsaw puzzle
New York City
Times Square at blue hour, the whole street still wet from a summer storm.
San Francisco jigsaw puzzle
San Francisco
The Golden Gate from Battery Spencer as the sun comes up behind the bay.
Chicago jigsaw puzzle
Chicago
Autumn sunset along the Riverwalk, towers stacked above the bridges.
Seattle jigsaw puzzle
Seattle
Kerry Park at winter twilight — the Needle, the skyline, Rainier behind.
Miami Beach jigsaw puzzle
Miami Beach
Ocean Drive's Art Deco neon coming up after rain.
New Orleans jigsaw puzzle
New Orleans
Royal Street balconies and ironwork, golden after a spring shower.
Washington, D.C. jigsaw puzzle
Washington, D.C.
Cherry blossoms framing the Jefferson Memorial at dawn.
Boston jigsaw puzzle
Boston
Beacon Hill brick and gaslight under December's first snow.
Los Angeles jigsaw puzzle
Los Angeles
Griffith Observatory above the city as the sun drops into the basin.
Austin jigsaw puzzle
Austin
The Congress Avenue bridge at sunset, bats streaming over Lady Bird Lake.
Savannah jigsaw puzzle
Savannah
The Forsyth Park fountain under live oaks and spring azaleas.
Charleston jigsaw puzzle
Charleston
Rainbow Row's pastel houses glowing after a coastal shower.
Honolulu jigsaw puzzle
Honolulu
Waikiki Beach with Diamond Head catching the last of the sun.

Landmarks are the oldest subject in the jigsaw trade, and it's worth saying why they still work: a monument gives you an unmistakable silhouette to build outward from, while the sky, water and stone around it supply the slow middle. Nearly every board here is shot at the hour the place is best — Angkor at sunrise, Westminster at blue hour, Giza with the camels crossing — so the light does as much sorting work as the architecture.

The set spans six continents on purpose. If you want a single itinerary of an evening, try the ancient row: Giza, Petra, the Acropolis, Chichén Itzá and Angkor Wat, five civilizations in five boards. For the reflection-lovers, Mont-Saint-Michel on wet sand and the Potala Palace in still water are the two most satisfying finishes on the wall.

The coast's own sentinels
Lighthouse Puzzles
Twenty-nine named lights from Maine to New Zealand.
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How you get there
Trains & Aircraft
Alpine railways, bullet trains, flying boats and gliders.
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Landscape, not landmark
Scenic & Nature Puzzles
Sixty-seven American mountains, lakes and coastline.
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Frequently asked questions

Which landmark boards are the hardest?
The stone-texture giants: the Great Wall riding autumn ridgelines, Machu Picchu's terraces, and the Colosseum's repeating arches, where hundreds of pieces are the same weathered ochre and only the arch rhythm tells you where you are. The Burj Khalifa is the sleeper — a mirror-glass tower against a gradient dusk sky offers almost nothing to grip. The friendliest are the strong-silhouette icons: the Opera House, the Golden Gate, the pyramids.
Are these photographs of the real places?
They're photorealistic rendered artwork of real, named landmarks, painted from the viewpoints those places are known by — the Trocadéro for the Eiffel Tower, Chureito Pagoda for Fuji, the slot canyon for Petra. Each puzzle page says plainly that it's rendered artwork rather than a documentary photograph. We name real places because that's how people search and remember, and we're straight about the medium for the same reason.
What else is on this wall besides the 25 landmarks?
The full Europe collection — fifteen destinations from the Cliffs of Moher to Hallstatt and the Amsterdam canal ring — and the city collection, which covers American skylines like Times Square, Chicago's riverwalk and Miami's art deco. The travel wall itself lives under the Scenic & Nature tile on the main page, alongside the lighthouse wall. Some places appear twice on purpose: Paris, Rome, Barcelona, Santorini and Neuschwanstein have both a Europe board and a landmark board, shot at different hours. Same place, entirely different puzzle.
Any advice for solving architecture?
Build the silhouette first — the monument's edge against the sky is the one line in the picture that can't be anywhere else — then work down into the ground detail, and leave the open sky for last (it's the only region where a wrong guess costs you nothing). On the reflection boards, solve the reflection second: it hands you a mirrored copy of everything you just assembled, which is either the best hint on the wall or gentle mockery, depending on the hour.