When puzzles were first invented, they were made out of wood, and carpenters used jigsaws to cut the pieces (which explains how they got their name). Perhaps that’s why it feels so good when you put a ...

Some of the finest jigsaw puzzles on earth come from Vermont, where for four decades the craftsmen at Stave Puzzles have made them by hand. Keeping alive an almost extinct tradition, all of Stave’s ...

Fathom Puzzles are laser-cut wooden puzzles with intricate designs and no edge pieces, targeting enthusiasts who enjoy a ...

When Steve Richardson was an 8-year-old in Attleboro, Massachusetts, he butchered his fingers trying to make a puzzle with a miniature Dremel saw. He had grown to love the feeling of fitting pieces ...

It's no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a lot of losses for businesses, and some even had to close down for good. However, a local company that opened right before the pandemic thrived, ...

EAST HADDAM -- Mark Cappitella claims his jigsaw puzzles have given people goose bumps. The key, he says, is producing the proper "plink," the little sound a puzzler hears when a one-of-a-kind, wooden ...