"Absolutely," she replied. "I think just about everybody spent some time in their childhood putting a map of the United States together." Soon, puzzles expanded their reach beyond learning ...

“The reality is we’re united, but it is not an easy union.” “States” offers an opportunity ... for kids in that they love puzzles, and adults love maps,” he said.

The Library of Congress has recently digitized a group of puzzle maps dating from the late 18 th to the early 20 th century. These “dissected maps” were the first generation of jigsaw puzzles ...

Solving modern-day jigsaw puzzles is often about piecing together ... of the county towns for London," 1810 "Dissected map of the United States," 1900 "Europe according to the best authorities ...