Landmarks · Puzzle #33 · Sunday, November 1

Landmarks: the board

Eight items, eight categories, one place each. Here is the board with every figure and where it comes from, and the best way to place them. Play today's Landmarks.

The best board

The best board is hidden while some of these items are still in play: they're on a board again within 14 days.

The lineup, figure by figure

Louvre
Art museum with a glass pyramid and the Mona Lisa
Photo: Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY 2.5
Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Lotus Temple
Bahá'í house of worship shaped like a lotus
Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL 1.2
Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Sagrada Família
Gaudí's basilica, still being built
Photo: Canaan, CC BY-SA 4.0
Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Torres del Paine
Granite towers above glacial lakes
Photo: LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0
Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Milford Sound
Fiord of sheer cliffs and waterfalls
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0
Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Blue Lagoon
Milky-blue geothermal spa in a lava field
Photo: Bloody-libu, CC BY-SA 3.0
Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Bell tower famous for its tilt
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0
On this board Leaning Tower of Pisa scored best in Crowd pleaser (10.0): it drew 5 million visitors a year. Down Under was its weakest fit (0.0): it isn't in Oceania.
Down Under
isn't in Oceania (0.0) Source: Wikipedia
Known worldwide
Wikipedia has an article on it in 119 languages (7.9) Source: Wikipedia
Altitude
sits 689 ft above sea level (0.7) Source: Wikidata Q39054, P2044
Crowd pleaser
drew 5 million visitors a year (10.0) Source: en.wikipedia.org
Hot spot
averages 60°F over the year (6.0) Source: Wikipedia
Far from the equator
lies 44° from the equator (7.3) Source: Wikipedia
Rainy
gets 29 inches of rain a year (3.6) Source: Wikipedia
Most looked-up
its Wikipedia article was read 819,970 times in 2025 (8.2) Source: Wikimedia page views
Mount Kilimanjaro
Volcano whose summit glaciers are shrinking
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Its figures are hidden while it's still in play: it's on a board again within 14 days.