The world is full of amazing maze and labyrinths. While the labyrinths can be found easily based on your location, there is no such website dedicated to all types of mazes (or I just haven’t found it yet - send me a note). You can find a site dedicated to corn mazes in the USA, which must be difficult to keep up to date with so many corn mazes having short lives. Today I want to take you to 3 continents and show you 7 of the world’s most unique physical mazes.
There are many unique mazes and labyrinths all over the world, each with its own unique design and features. Let’s explore them.
1. The Hedge Maze at Longleat House, Wiltshire, England - this hedge maze is one of the largest mazes in the world (and at one time held the record as the longest), covering over 1.5 acres of land. Built in 1978 and designed by Greg Bright, the maze features over 16,000 yew trees (trimmed to be 8 feet tall). It also features 6 viewing decks/bridges spread throughout so can get a view of the maze as you solve it - very helpful if you are struggling to reach the goal. If you plan a visit to the Longleat House there is also a Safari Park on the grounds ! It happens to be the first Safari park to ever open outside of Africa when it debuted in 1966. Don’t worry, they don’t mix the two attractions - while it might be fun to see a giraffe in a maze over the 8 foot hedges, turning a corner and encountering a tiger seems like a bad idea. You can plan your visit here. What makes this Maze Unique: The 6 viewing decks spread throughout the maze. The large size.
2. Yancheng Dafeng Dream Maze, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China - Became the largest hedge maze in the world in 2018 measuring in at 35,596.74 square meters ! While the main maze is of an elk, it includes 4 smaller mazes around it as well as an observation deck 20 meters high. You can plan your visit here. What makes this Maze Unique: The largest hedge maze in the world
3. The Traquair Maze, Innerleithen, Scotland - a difficult maze and the largest hedge maze in Scotland was planted in 1981. Designed by John Schofield, the maze has no dead ends making it very easy to get lost in the loops ! That also means it can not be solved using the “right hand” method! You can plan your visit here. What makes this Maze Unique: No dead ends make it very difficult !.
4. The Pineapple Garden Maze, Wahiawa, Hawaii, USA - this maze is located at the Dole Plantation and is made from 14,000 Hawaiian plants. The maze is over 2 acres big and held the title for world’s largest maze from 2008 until it was passed by the Yancheng Dafeng Dream Maze in 2018. This seems like one of the best places to get lost - around fresh pineapples ! Sign me up ! You can plan your visit here. What makes this Maze Unique: the size, the location on a plantation and the use of native plants !
5. Amazing Mirror Maze, Bloomington, Minnesota, USA - At 2,500 square feet this is one of the largest mirror mazes in the world and probably the only one located next to a mall food court. Hey, if you are hungry that could be motivation to get out. You can plan your visit here. What makes this Maze Unique: It is a very large mirror maze !
6. The Minotaur Maze at Kielder Castle, Kiedler, England.
Opened in 2006, this maze on the grounds of Kiedler Castle has walls made of stone, specifically basalt stone with the center goal made of glass ! Walking through the maze also gives you the opportunity to duck through small doorways along the way, or use “step-ups” to gauge where you are in the maze. You can plan your visit here. What makes this Maze Unique: The walls are made of basalt stones and glass.
7. Labyrinthe Aventure, Evionnaz, Switzerland.
This attraction makes me want to be a kid again. A huge slide, indoor and outdoor games of every type, bouncy castles that aren’t castles but I don’t know what else to call them. And the entire place is surrounded by beautiful mountains. Plus, the reason I am writing this, the main attraction, the hedge maze full of obstacles and slides !! You can plan your visit here. What makes this Maze Unique: The maze contains slides, obstacles and hurdles along the route !
I hope you enjoyed this look into 7 interesting mazes around the world !
While you are here, check out some of my maze art !