Where does this puzzle piece go??

[Pew]

So my lady friend got me this US state wooden puzzle for my bday a year or two ago and I just finally got the motivation to put it together. But I don't know what this one piece is?? Can you guys figure it out? All I know is that it's facing towards us (the backside has different burn marks from the laser.)

Edit: doesn't look like PR or Gitmo Bay lol.

 

[GON]

Greenland?? Puzzle forward looking into the near future......

 

[PF52]

I don't see anything missing. You even got the little northeast states like RI and DE.

Maybe it belongs to a different puzzle?

LOL I just noticed Alaska isn't exactly to scale! Hawaii, too perhaps, but not as extreme.

 

[vavavroom]

Oahu, Pearl Harbor clearly visible.

 

[skyactiv]

Oahu, Pearl Harbor

I cheated using Google image search and came up with that answer.

 

[vavavroom]

I cheated using Google image search and came up with that answer.

Used to fly over the islands all the time. Went surfing at Makaha Beach way back when.

 

[Pew]

Oahu, Pearl Harbor clearly visible.

Thanks! It looks like I put the Lanai piece where Oahu goes!

 

[mk378]

The Virginia Eastern Shore is missing. I think you have it sort of where the Florida Keys should be.

 

[2005jettatdi]

Now fill in the names and capitals without looking them up.

 

[PF52]

The Virginia Eastern Shore is missing. I think you have it sort of where the Florida Keys should be.

Seems odd that it has so many tiny pieces. How big is the puzzle?

 

[92saturnsl2]

Now fill in the names and capitals without looking them up.

My dad made my siblings and I learn all 50 capitals at an early age, often combined with license plate spotting during road trips. As I got older, I'm still shocked how many people don't even know the capitals of neighboring states, let alone the rest of them.

That's a pretty cool kit/puzzle there. I have one kid with a very creative side to her, she would have a ball coloring and decorating something like that.

 

[Pew]

Seems odd that it has so many tiny pieces. How big is the puzzle?

The back board Is a 2x4ft. Each state is it's own piece. Maryland was one piece but it broke at that very thin spot between WV and PA.

Now fill in the names and capitals without looking them up.

I got most of it. We had to do that in 8th grade and soph year in HS. I think it was required at least 80% to pass or you had to keep retaking it until you did (same with the Constitution.

 

[Pew]

My dad made my siblings and I learn all 50 capitals at an early age, often combined with license plate spotting during road trips. As I got older, I'm still shocked how many people don't even know the capitals of neighboring states, let alone the rest of them.

That's a pretty cool kit/puzzle there. I have one kid with a very creative side to her, she would have a ball coloring and decorating something like that.

Have you heard of ugears? They (and other similar wooden puzzle companies) have 3D wooden puzzles that are fully functioning. I have a globe and airplane one that will spin. They're definitely a great way to pass time.

https://ugearsmodels.com/

 

[2005jettatdi]

My dad made my siblings and I learn all 50 capitals at an early age, often combined with license plate spotting during road trips. As I got older, I'm still shocked how many people don't even know the capitals of neighboring states, let alone the rest of them.

That's a pretty cool kit/puzzle there. I have one kid with a very creative side to her, she would have a ball coloring and decorating something like that.

I did not make the kids learn the states and capitals, it was a game. We all knew all of them. Then my son came back from an FFA convention with, "Do you pronounce the capital of Kentucky Louisville, Louville or Louiville?" I fell for it.

Did you know Carson City is not in any county? Or, maybe I should say is its own county.