6 Pieces of Maze Art showing Cleveland, Ohio

If you are familiar with this site you know you get a new piece of maze art every week. Initially, these mazes were of signs or landmarks around the US, but more recently I have added many more international destinations (6 amazing Mexican Mazes). As I walk around and take in my surroundings I sometimes see things and think - I should make a maze of that. So I take a picture and make a maze out of it. If it is good you will eventually see it on the site ! I have happened to live in Cleveland, Ohio for much of the last few years so it is the topic of a lot of my mazes. Today I pull together my best maze art from Cleveland, Ohio. All mazes are available for download by clicking the link in the header. I also updated a few of these mazes recently, so you get the best version of each maze.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum Maze

One of my most popular mazes, and the winner of maze of the year in 2022. Like most mazes this looks best printed large. I made it in two colors, and it was made from a photograph I took of the museum. If you ever are in Cleveland to visit, this should be one of your stops. The museum is excellent and you are sure to be humming the songs you hear the rest of the day ! I may have to make this maze again as the HOF is expanding and will look different in the future !

Rock n Roll HOF Maze
 

Playhouse Square Sign Maze - Download in the sign maze section of the site

Most people do not know that the theatre district in Cleveland is the 2nd largest in the country after Broadway in NYC. I lived a block from this sign and could see it from my window so it made a natural subject matter for a maze. Plan a trip by visiting the official website.

Playhouse Square Sign Maze
 

The Free Stamp Maze

A quick walk from the Rock Museum located in a downtown park. This stamp has a nice story you can read about from the Cleveland Historical Society. The Stamp is made of aluminum and steel and weighs 70,000 pounds ! It also has been made, then remade many times on this website. I have 4 versions. This is my favorite version with a full background, trees and shadows (but if you want just the stamp maze I have that too!).

Free Stamp Maze with added features
 

Peter B Lewis Building Maze

Located on the campus of Case Western Reserve University, this style of architecture of this should remind you of many buildings because it was designed by the famous architect Frank Gehry. The Peter B Lewis building houses the Weatherhead School of Management, and it opened in 2002. This is just one side of the building - but it is quirky from most angles ! There are even bricks and curved windows on the side of the building ! This maze version includes some texture and shadows.

Peter B Lewis Building Maze  with adjustments
 

The Agora Sign Maze - Download in the sign maze section of the site

One of my first sign mazes. I love this sign. If you live around Cleveland chances are you have seen a concert or comedy show here at some point. I made some changes to this maze recently to make the pathways wider and the maze easier to solve. S and G replaced the start and goals arrows.

 

Severance Hall Maze

The Cleveland Orchestra is one of the best in the world. This is where they make their home. A different style than my other mazes and one that I revised after an initial rendering. Then I revised it again when I learned how to add texture ! Click the link above to see the different maze versions, or to download the maze. Well worth a visit if you are in town.

Severance Hall Mazed updated tree
 

BONUS: Pro Football Hall of Fame Museum Maze in Canton, Ohio

Located down route 77, this museum is the center of the football world every August when the induction ceremony takes place and the first preseason game of the season happens. Everyone should visit at some point who is a fan of football. The maze is more difficult than most other ones on the site. Like the other HOF in this list, it is also expanding, although the main entrance seen here will remain the same.

Pro Football HOF maze in color

I hope you enjoy these Cleveland mazes. I’m sure I will make more in the future !

Other posts you may like:

Guardian of Traffic Bridge Maze (Cleveland Guardians)

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The Surprising Benefits of Solving Mazes

Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB (1967) Movie Review

Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB (1967) IMDB

Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB poster

You may know this 15 minute short film for the longer version it spawned, THX 1138 (1971) starring Robert Duvall. Each was directed by George Lucas, with the first version being done in USC film school. The action follows a man, labelled THX 1138 as he attempts to escape a futuristic labyrinth. He is being pursued and monitored by a large number of workers using technology. It has a dystopian Sci-fi feel. The dialogue is garbled and staticky, mostly on purpose (I think). You really do not need to understand much to know what is happening. The why is not clear, but as the story unfolds you can fill-in a reasonable story on your own. The tone of the story is cold, with black, white and grey colors throughout. The lighting is harsh industrial. I think the world that was created was well done for a low budget.

I give this movie a 6.3/10. The future movie is a better examination of the story and my preferred version.

The movie is available on YouTube, so you may as well watch it:

Weekly Hard Maze #22

Each Saturday I post a new hard maze with all of them sitting in the Hard Maze Archive. I will try to post a variety of maze types to keep things interesting.

Weekly Hard Maze #22 - Directional Maze

In a directional maze you can only move the way the directions give - in this case moving left. Solution will be in the archive. Download is below.

Weekly Hard Maze #22 - Directional Maze

If you solved that maze quickly and want to try some of my archival hard mazes, these posts should do the trick:

One Maze - Many designs - experiment #21

This is a continuation of my maze design experiments. Read about it in post #1, One Maze - Many designs, and so on with a new post every Friday.

The original maze:

Simple Maze

While I usually have a theme for the week, this week is a bit of a grab bag of Inkscape creations.

  • The first maze shows the maze rotated 90 degrees to the right, basically on it’s side.

  • The second maze I drew the walls as if it was a hedge maze.

  • The third maze is just very made from very thin lines - so thin it can be hard to see.

  • The fourth maze uses grey blocks for the walls.

  • The fifth maze changes the color to white from #4, giving it a new, more confusing look for your eyes. I think this version is harder to solve.

The fifth maze is interesting because the lack of color gives it a busier look than the use of color in #4. I also like the idea of drawing hedge maze in #2.