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All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura

music

Puzzle Monday: Sing Along

By Alex Bellos
All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura

vikings

Puzzle Monday: The Mystery of the Missing Runes

By Alex Bellos
All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura

puzzles

Puzzle Monday: Generation Gaps

By Alex Bellos
All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura

mathematics

Puzzle Monday: A Number System of Their Own

By Alex Bellos
All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura

preservation

Puzzle Monday: What's Yours Is Yours, What's Mine Is Mine

By Alex Bellos
All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura

literature

Puzzle Monday: Does English Need a New Alphabet?

By Alex Bellos
All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura

puzzles

Puzzle Monday: Official Language, Social Weapon

By Alex Bellos
All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura

puzzles

Puzzle Monday: The Signs of Ethiopian Identity

By Alex Bellos
All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura

holidays

Puzzle Monday: The Two Christmases

By Alex Bellos
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clocks

Puzzle Monday: How To Be on Time in Estonia

By Alex Bellos
All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura

puzzles

Puzzle Monday: Living With the Dead in Madagascar

By Alex Bellos
All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura

puzzles

Puzzle Monday: A Divine Script From the Congo

By Alex Bellos
All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura

subways

Puzzle Monday: Code-Breaking on the Armenian Subway

By Alex Bellos
All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura

japan

Puzzle Monday: What’s in a (Japanese) Name?

By Alex Bellos
All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura

native americans

Puzzle Monday: Secrets of the Original Code-Talkers

By Alex Bellos
Puzzle Communication Nikoli has a small circulation but a global influence.

japan

Inside Japan's Cult-Favorite Puzzle Laboratory

Atlas Obscura is bringing you logic challenges from the pages of Puzzle Communication Nikoli.

By Alex Bellos
All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura

standing stones

Puzzle Monday: Deciphering Ireland's Ancient Standing Stones

By Alex Bellos

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