Monday, January 29th is National Puzzle Day, created in 2002 by a syndicated newspaper puzzle maker. The day honors and celebrates all types of puzzles--jigsaw, crossword, Sudoku, trivia, whatever.

There are a number of jigsaws featuring Central New York names, scenes, and icons. Here's the eBay page with the puzzle of the beautiful White Mountain lake scene with the twin Adirondack chairs pictured above. We found a lot more local ones we recognized...

Credit: robothands via ebay
Credit: robothands via ebay
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The 1,000-piece puzzle above was inspired by the work of famous artist Harry Wysocki. Here's the link to the eBay page with this puzzle. The puzzle below celebrates the Utica Walk geographic region of Breezy Point in Queens.

Credit: streestrmine.com via cafepress
Credit: streestrmine.com via cafepress
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Here's the link to the CafePress page with the Utica Walk puzzle above. The company responsible for manufacturing creative products featuring street names is StreetsRmine.com.

Cooperstown has a rich history and a ton of natural beauty, some of it captured in this jigsaw puzzle available on eBay:

Credit: kim_pat via ebay.com
Credit: kim_pat via ebay.com
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Here's to all puzzlers (jigsawers?) on National Puzzle Day. Good luck exercising your brain and staying in tip-top mental shape. And one more thing: #PuzzleLocal.

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