Shoreham, Australia
Ashcombe Maze
Australia's largest traditional hedge maze features a Great Gnome Hunt.
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Shoreham, Australia
Australia's largest traditional hedge maze features a Great Gnome Hunt.
Stra, Italy
A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.
Vancouver, British Columbia
This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.
San Rafael, Argentina
This Argentinian hedge maze is an intricate tribute to a famous surrealist author.
Samsø Municipality, Denmark
The world's largest maze is a nature park with nearly 200 decision points.
Barcelona, Spain
This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni Gaudí's least-visited works, an homage to Catalan patrimony that mixes neo-Gothic with Modernista forms.
Barcelona, Spain
This mansion oasis contains gardens, sculptures, and fountains just off the busy Plaça Kennedy in Sant Gervasi.
Barcelona, Spain
Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.
Winchester, England
A rare labyrinth-style path carved into a historic hill.
Solovetskiy, Russia
No one knows why ancient labyrinths were built on this tiny northern island.
Amiens, France
A sublime medieval path adorns the marble floor of one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in France.
Vaals, Netherlands
A beautiful maze marks where three countries meet.
Hökåsen-Badelunda, Sweden
This 2,000-year-old stone maze is one of the oldest in the country, but its purpose is still a mystery.
Heraklion, Greece
A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.
Promised Land, Australia
A huge maze complex and whimsical miniature village in Tasmania.
Tangier, Morocco
Known to backpackers as the "Steps of Doom," this walkway carved into the side of a seaside cliff leads to the Roman Tombs.
Mexican Hat, Utah
This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.
Whitchurch, England
The site of an early Arthurian battle and the dwelling-place of prehistoric people and (possibly) an ancient race of giants.
Niš, Serbia
Structure built from the skulls of vanquished foes.
Kingston, Arkansas
This impressive ledge seems to float above the Upper Buffalo Wilderness.
Echternach, Luxembourg
In the heart of Luxembourg's "little Switzerland" weaves a breathtaking natural sandstone canyon with a mythological past.
Aranjuez, Spain
This 18th-century water provider for Aranjuez was refurbished in 2013 only to be neglected again.
Meritxell, Andorra
A beautiful modern church dedicated to the teleporting patron saint of Andorra.