COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Four years ago, Lou Salas lay down next to his newest puzzle box to put the size into scale. Over 800 hours and 60,000 pieces later, Salas fit all seven continents and hundreds of the world’s wonders into his garage in a puzzle depiction that somehow still feels larger than life.
“The World’s Largest Jigsaw Puzzle by Dowdle” comes in 60 boxes, each with 1000 pieces. Each quadrant fits together to make the entire 60,000-piece puzzle.
The logistical challenges of 60,000 pieces are a bigger puzzle than the puzzle itself. Salas said it took a couple of years to decide how he was going to tackle the massive scale before he could open up the boxes…