Mazes

Camera Obscura & World of Illusions

360° views of the city from the Camera Obscura Outlook Tower, and five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science fun

Part funhouse part learning center, Camera Obscura and the World of Illusions is five floors of perspective-bending fun. Operating for over 150 years, it is Edinburgh's oldest purpose built... »

Strange Science, Inspired Inventions, Instruments of Science, Optical Oddities, Mazes | Edited by JocksAway, Dylan and others

Glendurgan Garden Maze

The twists and turns of this serpentine maze are over 170 years old.

In its earliest beginnings in the 1820s, Glendurgan Gardens was thoughtfully laid out to sustain its design for ages to come, and like most amazing landscapes, it took ages to arrive at its... »

Extraordinary Flora, Horticultural Marvels, Mazes | Edited by serflac, Rachel and others

St. Fagans: National History Museum

Take a stroll through history in a village of reconstructed structures

St. Fagans is home to the Welsh National History Museum, a three dimensional outdoor museum where visitors can take a first-hand look at buildings representing Welsh history and culture from... »

Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes, Incredible Ruins, Mazes, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by dougygyro, Annetta and others

Peaugres, France

Labyrinthe des Dragons

One of the greatest maze designers greatest mazes

Adrian Fisher has designed mazes across the world and is particularly well-known for his mirror mazes. Installed everywhere from Japan to the Wisconsin Dells, Fisher has confused and frustrated... »

Mazes | Edited by serflac, atimian and others

Town of New Harmony, Indiana, US

New Harmony Labyrinth

Symbolic attempt to overcome the issues of life

The Labyrinth in New Harmony was originally designed as a place for meditation and reflection by the Rappites, an ultra-religious German society, in the early 19th century. While a vow of celibacy... »

Architectural Oddities, Horticultural Marvels, Mazes | Edited by atimian and Nicholas Jackson

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

Philadelphia's Magic Gardens

Folk art environment, gallery space, and nonprofit showcasing the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar

Philadelphia's Magic Gardens are a folk art environment, gallery space, and nonprofit organization that showcases the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar located at the site of Zagar's largest public... »

Outsider Art, Strange Statues, Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes, Mazes, Outsider Architecture, Obscura Day Location | Edited by Nicholas Jackson

Peristal Singum

Fall down the rabbit hole into a surreal journey of human consciousness "from ass to soul"

Hidden in the bowels of East Berlin’s Salon Zur Wilden Renate, a dance club in a two story abandoned house, is the Peristal Singum, an immersive theatrical maze evocative of a trip in Alice’s... »

Mazes | Edited by morinaga, Dylan and 2 others

Raiffeisen du Salentin, Switzerland

Evionnaz Adventure Labyrinth

World's largest permanent maze made of 18,000 conifers

Spanning 3 kilometers, the Evionnaz Adventure Labyrinth is either an amazing thrill or your worst nightmare. Aimed at people of all ages, the maze boasts obstacles, challenges and hidden... »

Horticultural Marvels, Mazes | Edited by treeswithknees and Dylan

The Enchanted Maze Garden

Largest maize maze in the Southern hemisphere built with GPS technology on more than two acres

Mazes of maize have been built all over the world for hundreds of years, but this is not just any maize maze. Every year, the Enchanted Maze Garden at Arthurs Seat plants over 100,000 stalks of... »

Horticultural Marvels, Mazes | Edited by Nicholas Jackson

Stra, Italy

Villa Pisani Labirinto

A complex nine layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian Doge's playground

Local lore holds that the hedge maze at Villa Pisani is so challenging, Napoleon was lost in it when he lived in the villa, and Hitler and Mussolini were too chicken to go into it at all. The... »

Mazes | Edited by Annetta and Dylan